翻刻
来り糸孝行にとりあつかひ偽りなき
を見て取あへず歌を詠し給ふ
二人り行ひとりはしれぬ
目くらかな
三ツ行人のひとりつらさよ
と口づさみて米抔施し其上食事を
ふる舞遣り給ふ又立出て行先の名は
高柳に聞ゆれど情けハ向田｜昼在家（ビリザイケ）貸
たる金もらと鍛冶屋取手勿れは戯（ウソ）ついても本
新町と出て行｜借（カリ）て貰ひて大沢や草踏分
て菅の沢｜寺家（ジケ）在家も門毎に物乞人は三ツ
塚や野沢も原も諸共に花桜井の子供おば
上中下と引別れ小宮山ほしとふり帰り跡辺遥
かに見渡せは前山しれぬ倉沢やかぶ下村と
出る人も今岡おもひしられつゝ心の内に態窟
の有とは誰か下平とうの竹田も恨めしく
現代語訳
やって来て、とても孝行に世話をする様子が偽りのないものであることを見て取り、すぐに歌を詠まれた。
「二人で行き、一人は知らぬ
目くらかな
三つ行く人の一人つらさよ」
と口ずさんで米などを施し、その上食事をご馳走してくださった。また立ち出て行く先の名前は高柳と聞こえるが、情けは向田、昼在家で貸した金をもらおうと鍛冶屋に取り立てに行くのではなく、嘘をついても本新町と出て行き、借りてもらって大沢や草を踏み分けて菅の沢、寺家在家も門ごとに物乞い人は三ツ塚や野沢も原もすべて一緒に花桜井の子供たちを上中下と引き分かれ、小宮山で欲しがって振り返り、跡を遥か遠くに見渡せば前山も知れぬ倉沢やかぶ下村と出る人も今岡で思い知らされつつ、心の内に態度の変化があるとは誰が下平というのか、竹田も恨めしく思われる。
英語訳
They came and took care of [the blind parents] with such genuine filial piety that [the temple master], seeing this was no deception, immediately composed a poem:
"Two people traveling, one knows not the way
How pitiful are the blind
Three people traveling, how painful for one person"
Humming this, he gave them rice and other alms, and furthermore treated them to a meal. Setting out again, their destination was said to be Takayanagi, but kindness was found in Mukōda. At Hiruzaike, rather than going to collect money lent to a blacksmith, even if lying, they went out toward Hon-shinmachi, borrowing and receiving [alms] at Ōsawa, treading through grass to Suge-no-sawa. At Jike-zaike too, beggars went from gate to gate. At Mitsuzuka, Nozawa, and the plains, all together the children of Hana-Sakurai were separated into upper, middle, and lower [groups]. At Komiyama, longing and looking back, gazing far into the distance at the path behind, even those emerging from the unknown Kurasawa and Kabu-shimomura at Ima-oka gradually came to understand, and who could say there was no change of heart within? Even Takeda seemed resentful.