A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

214 Japanese Miscellany
Sleep I happily sleep ! The
Kiji no ko wa,
Nakuto o-taka ni
Torareru yo
!
young of the hiji in the Hill
of Nennen — if it cries it is sure to be taken by the hawk.
{Province of I^umo.)
Nenneko, nenneko, nenneko ya
Achira muitemo yama yama
Kochira muitemo yama yama.
Yama no naka ni nani ga aru ?
Shii ya donguri kaya no mi.
Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep ! I turn that way ; but I
see only mountains. I turn this way; but I see only
mountains. In the midst of those mountains what can
there be? There are s/j«i-nuts and acorns and seeds of
kaya?
{Province of I^umo.)
Nenneko se, nenneko se
Nenne no omori wa doko e itta ?
Yama wo koete sato, e itta.
naka^uba utari wa shimai : " If the Kiji did not cry, it would not be
shot."
* The s*«-tree is a variety of live-oalc.
^ The kaya is a liind of yew.
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