翻刻
【右丁】
台の風（ふう）はかはれども常の行跡（かうせき）父にもまさり
贔屓（ひいき）の人々／招（まねけ）ども等閑（なをざり）にては茶屋へも行ず
若（もし）拠（よんどころ）なく行時（ゆくとき）はいつも袴（はかま）を脱（ぬが）ざる故／客（きやく）
も却て窮屈（きうくつ）がる程行義正しき生質（うまれつき）に
て流石（さすが）昔のあづさ弓引かたの女中なんどは
雁（かり）の便（たより）を求（もとめ）ては玉の緒（を）の絶（たえ）なんとかこち人
目の関（せき）を忍（しのび）兼つゝしたひ来るも多かりしが
自然（しぜん）と柳下恵（りうかけい）が行（おこな）ひに等（ひと）しくみたりなる
事／怪我（けが）にもなし女はつれなしと恨（うらむ）れども
其／守（まも）りの堅（かた）き事大人／君子（くんし）も恥（はち）ぬへし初
【左丁】
薪水／孤（みなしこ）にて親類（しんるい）迚（とて）もあらざれは尾上梅幸
を親（おや）と頼又此／栢車（はくしや）が男気を見込兄弟分の
約（やく）をなし雲と成雨とならんと契（ちぎ）りしが元
服の後も交（まじは）り絶へず実（じつ）の兄弟より睦（むつま）し
いかなる過去（くわこ）の約束にや戌の秋より雷
蔵は何となふ煩（わつらひ）出（た）し押て勤（つとめ）は勤ながら
次第に気分（きぶん）悪（あし）ければ亥（い）の二月より舞台
を引て養生（やうじやう）しけるを薪水も日々行て看
病おこたる事もなしされ共さらに快気（くわいき）も
見えず次第におもる病（やまひ）の床贔屓の方にも聞
現代語訳
【右丁】
舞台での芸風は変わったが、日常の行いは父にも勝っていた。贔屓の人々が招いても、いい加減には茶屋へも行かず、もしやむを得ず行く時はいつも袴を脱がない故に、客もかえって窮屈がるほど、行儀正しい生まれつきであった。さすがに昔の梓弓を引く武士の血筋で、女中などは雁の便りを求めては玉の緒が絶えんばかりに嘆き、人目の関所を忍び兼ねながら慕い来る者も多かったが、自然と柳下恵の行いに等しく、みだらな事や怪我にもならず、女は冷淡だと恨まれても、その操を守ることの堅固なこと、大人や君子も恥じるべきほどであった。はじめ
【左丁】
薪水は孤児で親類というものもなかったので、尾上梅幸を親と頼み、また、この梅幸が男気を見込んで兄弟分の約束をなし、雲となり雨となろうと契りを結んだが、元服の後も交わりは絶えず、実の兄弟より睦まじかった。いかなる過去世の約束であろうか、戌年の秋より雷蔵（梅幸の別名）は何となく病気になり出し、無理に勤めは勤めながら次第に気分が悪くなったので、亥年の二月より舞台を退いて養生したのを、薪水も日々通って看病を怠ることもなかった。されども更に快気も見えず、次第に重くなる病の床で、贔屓の方々にも聞こえ
英語訳
【Right page】
Although his stage style differed, his daily conduct surpassed even his father's. When patrons invited him, he would not casually go to teahouses, and when he was compelled to go, he never removed his hakama, to the extent that guests felt rather constrained. Such was his proper upbringing by nature. Truly befitting his lineage of ancient samurai who drew the azusa bow, many ladies-in-waiting sought news of him like migrating geese, lamenting until their heartstrings nearly snapped, and came to adore him while struggling to hide from public scrutiny. Yet naturally, like the conduct of Ryūka-kei (Liu Xiahui), he avoided any improper affairs or scandals. Though women resented his coldness, his steadfast protection of his virtue was such that even great men and gentlemen should feel ashamed. Initially,
【Left page】
Shinsui was an orphan with no relatives, so he relied on Onoe Baikō as a father figure. Moreover, Baikō, recognizing his manly spirit, made a brotherhood pact with him, pledging to become as clouds and rain together. Even after coming of age, their bond never ceased and was closer than that of actual brothers. What manner of promise from past lives could this have been? From the autumn of the year of the Dog, Raizō (Baikō's stage name) somehow began to fall ill. Though he forced himself to continue performing, his condition gradually worsened, so from the second month of the year of the Boar he withdrew from the stage to recuperate. Shinsui visited daily and never neglected his nursing care. However, there was no sign of recovery at all, and as his condition on the sickbed grew progressively worse, word reached his patrons as well.