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Sabishisa ya!
Isshaku kiyete
Yuku hotaru!
How uncanny! The firefly shoots to within a foot of me, and—out goes the light!
Yuku saki no
Sawaru mono naki
Hotaru kana!
There goes a firefly! but there is nothing in front of it to take hold of [nothing to touch: what can it be seeking—the ghostly creature?].
Hōki-gi ni
Ari to wa miyete,
Hotaru kana.
In this hoki-bush it certainly appeared to be,—the firefly! [but where is it?].
Sode e kite,
Yahan ho hotaru
Sabishi kana!
This midnight firefly coming upon the sleeve of my robe—how weird!………
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