168 Shadowings 



LOVE-SONG 



(Province of Ecbigo) 



Hana ka ? chocho ka ? 

 Chocho ka? hana ka ? 



Don-don! 



wa chira-chira mayowas^ru, 

 wa chira-chira mayowase'ru ! 



Taicbokant ! 

 Sokane don-don 1 



Flower is it ? butterfly is it ? 



Butterfly or flower ? 



Don-don ! 



When you come thus flickering, I am deluded 1 

 When you come thus twinkling, I am bewitched I 



Taicbokanl! 

 Sskani don-don ! 



LOVE-SONG 



(Province of Kit, village of Ogawa) 



Kog wa suredomo 

 Sugata wa mienu 

 Fuka-no no kirigirisu ! 



Though I hear the voice [of the beloved'], the form I can- 

 not see a kirigirisu l in the high grass. 



1 The kirigirisu is a kind of grasshopper with a very musical note. 

 It is very difficult to see it, even when it is singing close by. for its 

 color is exactly the color of the grass. The song alludes to the happy 

 peasant custom of singing while at work in the fields. 



