Kiritsubo 4-1

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17オ

皇子みこはかくてもいと御覧ぜまほしけれど、かゝるほどにさぶらひ給ふ・例れいなきことなれば、まかで給ひ・なんとす。何事なにごとかあらんともおぼしたらず、さぶらふ人々の泣なき惑まどひ、うへも御涙なみだのひまなく流ながれおはしますを、あやしと見みたてまつり給へるを、よろしきことにだに、かゝる別わかれの悲かなしからぬはなきわざなるを、ましてあはれに言いふかひなし。

[The Emperor] wished very much to see the prince despite this, but since there was no example of someone being [in the palace] in a time like this, the child made to leave the palace. [The child] could not discern what was occurring, and he looked with wonder on the serving people's confused crying, and even His Highness' endlessly falling tears. Even in a normal situation, such a parting would be sad, and even more so the pathos [now] is impossible to describe.

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