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Miscellaneous
Suito yuku
Mizu-giwa suzushi,
Tobu-hotaru!
Here at the water's edge, how pleasantly cool!—and the fireflies go shooting by—suito!
Midzu e kite,
Hikuu naritaru
Hotaru kana!
Having reached the water, he makes himself low,—the firefly!
Kuzu no ha no
Ura utsu ame ya,
Tobu hotaru!
The rain beats upon the Kuzu-plant;—away starts the firefly from the underside of the leaf!
Ame no yo wa
Shita bakari yuku
Hotaru kana!
Ah! this rainy night they only go along the ground,—the fireflies!
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