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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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220 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

{Lullaby sung to the child <strong>of</strong> a Daimyo. — Province <strong>of</strong><br />

I^umo.) 1<br />

O-nenne, o-nenne, o-nenne ya<br />

Yoi ni wa tokara gyoshin nari.<br />

Asama wa tokara omezamete,<br />

Omezame no ohobi ni nani, nani ?<br />

O-chichi no debana wo agemashozo,<br />

O -chichi no debana ga o-iya nara,<br />

Niwatori-keawase o-me ni kakyo<br />

Niwatori-keawase o-iya nara,<br />

O-kwashi wa takusan o-agarika<br />

Augustly rest, augustly rest I<br />

!<br />

! ;<br />

Soon this evening augustly<br />

sleep ! Early at daybreak, at the august awakening, what,<br />

what honorable gift shall be presented at the august awak-<br />

ening? Flower <strong>of</strong> honorable milk shall be presented. If<br />

the flower <strong>of</strong> honorable milk be augustly disliked, then the<br />

fighting <strong>of</strong> the cocks will be honorably displayed. If the<br />

fighting <strong>of</strong> the cocks be augustly disliked, then will not<br />

honorable cake be augustly accepted?<br />

{Tokyo.)<br />

Nennen yd<br />

Korokoro yo<br />

Nennen-Koyama no<br />

Usagi wa,<br />

' Obtained from dictation at Matsue, Izumo. The original interest<br />

<strong>of</strong> this piece lies in the curious and reaiiy untranslatable honoritics.<br />

!<br />

!

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