[As for butterflies, they all have the appearance of being about seventeen
or eighteen years old.[9]]

Cho tobu ya --
Kono yo no urami
Naki yo ni!



[How the butterfly sports,-- just as if there were no enmity (or "envy")
in this world!]

Cho tobu ya,
Kono yo ni nozomi
Nai yo ni!



[Ah, the butterfly! -- it sports about as if it had nothing more to desire
in this present state of existence.]

Nami no hana ni
Tomari kanetaru,
Kocho kana!



[Having found it difficult indeed to perch upon the (foam-) blossoms of
the waves,-- alas for the butterfly!]