shinuru inochi wo
sukuhi ya ha senu!
to kaki-hatsuru to tahe-iritamahinu.
Kore wo kikite Kaguhahime sukoshi ahare to oboshikeri. Sore yori namu sukoshi ureshiki koto wo ba kahi ari! to ha ihikeru.
Maki VIII
Mikari no Miyuki.
Sate Kaguyahime katachi yo ni mizu medetaki koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite naishi Nakatomi no Fusako ni notamafu—
‘Ohoku no hito no mi wo itadzura ni nashite ahazanaru Kaguyahime ha ika bakari no wouna zo to makarite mite mawire’ to notamafu.
Fusako uke-tamaharite makareri. Taketori no Okina no ihe ni kashikomarite shiyauzhi[172] irete aheri. Wouna ni naishi notamafu—
‘Ohose-goto ni Kaguyahime no katachi iu ni ohasu to nari yoku-mite mawirubeki yoshi notamahasetsuru ni namu mawiritsuru’ to iheba, ‘kaku to maushi haberamu’ to ihite, irinu.
Kaguyahime ni ‘Haya kano ohon tsukahi ni taimen shi-tamahe’ to iheba, Kaguyahime ‘yoki katachi ni mo arazu ikadeka miyubeki’ to iheba ‘utate mo notamafu kana! Mikado no ohon tsukahi wo ba ikadeka oroka ni semu?’ to iheba, Kaguyahime kotafuru yau ‘Mikado no meshite notamahamu koto kashikoshi to mo omohazu’ to ihite, sara ni miyubeki mo arazu. Umeru ko no yau ni ha aredo ito kokoro-hazukashige ni orosoka-naru yau ni ihikereba kokoro no mama ni mo yesemezu.