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Haori sugata no Kocho kana! [Like a haori being taken off--that is the shape of a butterfly!] Torisashi no Sao no jama suru Kocho kana! [Ah, the butterfly keeps getting in the way of the bird-catcher's pole! [3]] Tsurigane ni Tomarite nemuru Kocho kana! [Perched upon the temple-bell, the butterfly sleeps:] Neru-uchi mo Asobu-yume wo ya-- Kusa no cho! [Even while sleeping, its dream is of play--ah, the butterfly of the grass! [4] Oki, oki yo! Waga tomo ni sen, Neru-kocho! [Wake up! wake up!--I will make thee my comrade, thou sleeping butterfly. [5]] Kago no tori Cho wo urayamu Metsuki kana! [Ah, the sad expression in the eyes of that caged bird!--envying the butterfly!] Cho tonde-- Kaze naki hi to mo Miezari ki! [Even though it did not appear to be a windy day, [6] the fluttering of the butterflies--!] Rakkwa eda ni Kaeru to mireba-- Kocho kana! [When I saw the fallen flower return to the branch--lo! it was only a butterfly! [7]] Chiru-hana ni-- Karusa arasou Kocho kana! [How the butterfly strives to compete in lightness with the falling flowers! [8]] Chocho ya! Onna no michi no Ato ya saki! [See that butterfly on the woman's path,--now fluttering behind her, now before!] Chocho ya! Hana-nusubito wo Tsukete-yuku! [Ha! the butterfly!--it is following the person who stole the flowers!] Aki no cho Tomo nakereba ya; Hito ni tsuku [Poor autumn butterfly!--when left without a comrade (of its own race), it follows after man (or "a person")!] Owarete mo, Isoganu furi no Chocho kana! [Ah, the butterfly! Even when chased, it never has the air of being in a hurry.] Cho wa mina Jiu-shichi-hachi no Sugata kana! [As for butterflies, they all have the appearance of being about seventeen or eighteen years old.[9]] Cho tobu ya-- Kono yo no urami Naki yo ni! [How the butterfly sports,--just as if there were no enmity (or "envy") in this world!] Cho tobu ya, Kono yo ni nozomi Nai yo ni! [Ah, the butterfly!--it sports about as if it had nothing more to desire in this present state of existence.] Nami no hana ni Tomari kanetaru, Kocho kana! [Having f
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