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せてふしおがむ《割書:折からてうと|中の間の》【図】七ツ時 前(ぜん)
路(ろ)日(ひ)将(まさに|す)_レ斜(なゝめなら)
是より錦(にしき)の表(おもて)とへんず夜(よる)の景(け)
色(しき)のはなやかは今まで多(をほ)くあり
来りの小 冊(さつ)で御らうじろ
後叙
夫(それ)熟(つら〳〵)大門(おほもん)視(みれ)ば。実(け)に
鬼貫(おにつら)が句(く)の如(ごと)く。骸骨(がいこつ)
のうへを粧(よそ)ふとも。花(はな)の
郭(くるは)の喜怒哀楽(きとあいらく)。迷(まよ)へは
現代語訳
**(本文・結び)**
〔伊左衛門と夕霧が〕手を合わせて伏し拝む。《割書:折から、ちょうど|中の間の》【図】
七ツ時〔午後四時ごろ〕、前路〔行く手〕の日〔ひ〕、まさに斜めならんとす〔西に傾かんとす〕。
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これより「錦の表〔おもて〕」へと変ずる。夜の景色の華やかさは、今まで多くある来りの小冊〔こさつ〕でごろうじろ〔ご覧じろ〕。
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**後叙〔こうじょ〕**
それ、つらつら大門〔おおもん〕を見れば、まことに鬼貫〔おにつら〕が句のごとく、「骸骨〔がいこつ〕の上を粧〔よそ〕う」とも、花の廓〔くるわ〕の喜怒哀楽〔きどあいらく〕、迷えば——(続く)
英語訳
**(Main text — closing passage)**
The two [Izaemon and Yūgiri] press their hands together and bow in reverence.
《Interlinear note: Just at that moment, in the middle chamber —》 【Illustration】
The Hour of the Seventh Bell [approximately 4 o'clock in the afternoon]: the sun on the road ahead is now nearly at its slant [descending toward the west].
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From here, the story transforms into the "Face of Brocade" (*Nishiki no Omote*). As for the splendour of the night-time scenes, please refer to the many earlier small volumes that have come before.
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**Afterword (*Kōjo*)**
Now, when one contemplates the great gate (*ōmon*) of the quarter at length, it is truly as the poet Onitsura wrote — though [the world within] may be adorned over bare bones, the joys and sorrows, the anger and grief of the flower quarter (*kuruwa*) — if one loses oneself within it — *(continued)*