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Owarete wa
Tsuki ni kakururu
Hotaru kana!
Ah,[the cunning] fireflies! being chased, they hide themselves in the moonlight!
Ubaiote
Fumi-koroshitaru
Hotaru kana!
[Two firefly-catchers] having tried to seize it [at the same time], the poor firefly is trampled to death!
The Light of Fireflies
Hotarubi ya!
Mada kureyaranu
Hashi no uri.
Fireflies already sparkling under the bridge,—and it is not yet dark!
Mizu-gusa no
Kururu to miete
Tobu hotaru.
When the water-grasses appear to grow dark, the fireflies begin to fly.
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