English poem
Love-Song
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)
(Province of Echigo)
Hana ka?--chocho ka? Chocho ka?--hana ka?
Don-don!
Kite wa chira-chira mayowaseru, Kite wa chira-chira mayowaseru!
Taichokane! Sokane don-don!
Flower is it?--butterfly is it? Butterfly or flower?
Don-don!
When you come thus flickering, I am deluded!-- When you come thus twinkling, I am bewitched!
Taichokane! Sokane don-don!