the Roman term _acies_;--and _séïzoroé shité_ means "drawn up in
battle-array."]

Saikai ni
Shizumi-nurédomo,
Héïkégani
K[=o]ra no iro mo
Yahari aka-hata.

[_Though (the Héïké) long ago sank and perished in the Western
Sea, the Héïké-crabs still display_ _upon their upper shells
the color of the Red Standard._[48]]

[Footnote 48: The ensign of the Héïké, or Taïra clan was red; while
that of their rivals, the Genji or Minamot[=o], was white.]

Maké-ikusa
Munen to muné ni
Hasami ken;--
Kao mo makka ni
Naru Héïkégani.

[_Because of the pain of defeat, claws have grown on their
breasts, I think;--even the faces of the Héïké-crabs have
become crimson (with anger and shame)._]

Mikata mina
Oshi-tsubusaréshi
Héïkégani
Ikon we muné ni