Old Japanese Songs 163 



When I think, 

 When I think, 



When I think about him I 

 I doing nothing at all, 



Even on this spring-day, 

 Even this spring-day, 

 Even this spring-day, 

 Even this spring-day, 

 Even on this spring-day I 



Other forms of repetition and of refrain are 

 furnished in the two following lyrics : 



BINDATARA 



(Supposed to bave been composed as early as the twelfth 

 century) 



Bindatara wo 

 Ayugaseba koso, 

 Ayugaseba koso, 

 Aikyo zuitare ! 



Yareko totd, 



Yar&ko totd/ 



With loosened hair, 

 Only because of having tossed it, 

 Only because of having shaken it, 

 Oh, sweet she is ! 



Yareko tdtS! 

 Yareko tsts! 



