Old Japanese Songs 169 



LOVE-SONG 



(Province of Mutsu, district of Sugaru) 



Washi no kokoro to 

 Oki kuru fune wa, 

 Raku ni misetemo, 

 Ku ga taenu. 



My heart and a ship in the offing either seems to 

 move with ease ; yet in both there is trouble enough. 



LOVE-SONG 



(Province of Suwd, village of heki) 



Namida koboshite 

 Shinku wo kataru, 

 Kawairashi-sa ga 



Mashimasuru ! 



As she tells me all the pain of her toil, shedding tears, 

 ever her sweetness seems to increase. 



LOVE-SONG 



(Province of Suruga, village of Gotemba) 



Hana ya, yoku kike ! 

 Sho aru naraba, 

 Hito ga fusagu ni 



Naze hiraku ? 



O flower, hear me well if thou hast a soul ! When any 

 one sorrows as I am sorrowing, why dost thou bloom ? 



