Kaguya Hime
With my strength and my bow, I should be able to strike down the dragon,
With my strength and my bow, I should be able to strike down the dragon,
and obtain the jewel from around its neck.
I thought it was real yet when I looked closer
it was but a bejeweled branch bedecked with words.
Now that I have obtained the garments that will not burn in the undying flames of my love,
my sleeves are dried of my melancholy tears and I may see you again today.
Had I known that this robe would burn without a trace, I would not have doubted its verity;
Instead of casting it into flame, I would have spent my days admiring it.
You have not come by in a long time; is it true that I await the Swallow's Cowrie Shell to no avail,
I thought it was real yet when I looked closer
it was but a bejeweled branch bedecked with words.
Now that I have obtained the garments that will not burn in the undying flames of my love,
my sleeves are dried of my melancholy tears and I may see you again today.
Had I known that this robe would burn without a trace, I would not have doubted its verity;
Instead of casting it into flame, I would have spent my days admiring it.
You have not come by in a long time; is it true that I await the Swallow's Cowrie Shell to no avail,
just as there are neither pine trees nor shells in the desolate Cove of Sumi, which is shunned even by the waves.
I thought the stone bowl would be alight with Buddha's virtue, but I do not even see a glimmer of light that one can see in dew-laden grass.
What have you truly sought in Mount Ogura?
Oh what use is the draught of immortality to me now that we will never see each other again,
and I spend my days shedding enough tears to float in their wake.
Oh what use is the draught of immortality to me now that we will never see each other again,
and I spend my days shedding enough tears to float in their wake.
