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Yanagi-ba no
Yami saki kaesu
Hotaru kana!
For this willow tree the season of budding would seem to have returned in the dark—look at the fiteflies!
Mizu soko no
Kage wo kowagaru
Hotaru kana!
Ah, he is afraid of the darkness under the water,—that firefly! [Therefore he lights his tiny lantern!]
Sugitaru wa
Me ni mono sugoshi
Tobu hotaru!
Ah, I am going too far!……… The flitting of the fireflies here is a lonesome sight!
Hotarubi ya!
Kusa ni osamaru
Yoakegata.
Ah, the firefly-lights! As the darkness begins to break, they bury themselves in the grass.
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