Mote itarite kano ura[113] ni woru Waukei ni kogane[114] wo torasu. Waukei fumi wo hirogete mite kaheri-goto kaku, ‘Hi-nedzumi no kahagoromo waga kuni ni naki mono nari. Oto ni ha kikedomo imada minu mono nari. Yo ni aru mono naraba kono kuni ni mo mote maude kinamashi. Ita kataki akinahi nari. Shikaredomo moshi Tenjiku ni tamasaka ni mote watarinaba moshi chiyauzhiya no atari ni toburahi motomemu ni naki mono naraba tsukahi ni sohete kogane wo ba kaheshi tatematsuramu’ to iheri.
Kano Morokoshi fune kikeri. Onono Fusamori maude kite mau noboru to ifu koto wo kikite ayumi tou suru uma wo mochite hashirase mukahesasetamafu toki ni uma ni norite Tsukushi yori tada nanuka ni nobori[115] maude kitari.
Fumi wo mira ni ihaku—
‘Hi-nedzumi no kahagoromo karauzhite hito wo idashite motomete tatematsuru. Ima no yo ni mo mukashi no yo ni mo[116] kono kaha ha tahayasuku naki mono narikeri. Mukashi kashikoki Tenjiku no hizhiri kono kuni ni mote watarite tsukamatsurikeri. Nishi no yama-dera ni ari to kiki-oyobite ohoyake ni maushite karaushite kahi-torite tatematsuru. Atahi no kane sukunashi to kokushi tsukahi ni maushikaba Waukei ga mono kuhahete kahitari. Ima kogane gozhiu riyau tamaharubeshi. Fune no kaheramu ni tsukete tabi-okure moshi kogane tamahanu mono naraba kahagoromo no shichi kaheshi tabe[117]’ to iheru koto wo mite,
‘Nani obosu ima kogane sukoshi no koto[118] ni koso anare[119]! [4]kanarazu okurubeki mono ni koso anare[120] ureshiku shite[121] okosetaru kana!’
tote, Morokoshi no kata ni mukahite fushi ogami-tamafu.
Kono kahagoromo iretaru hako wo mireba kusagusa no uruhashiki ruri wo irohete tsukureri. Kahagoromo wo mireba, konzhiyau no iro nari ke no suwe ni ha kogane no hikari kagayakitari ge ni takara to mihe uruhashiki koto narabubeki mono nashi. Hi ni yakenu koto yori mo keura naru koto narabu[122] nashi.
‘Ube Kaguya-hime no konomoshikari-tamafu ni koso arikere!’
To notamahite ‘ana kashiko’! tote, hako ni ire-tamahite mono no yeda ni tsukete mi mi no kesau ito itakushite yagate tomari namu mono zo to oboshite uta yomi kuhahete mochite imashitari.