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64	Otake gozankei[1] Dokkoi[2] Ucha yute detā ga Otakya nazukete Kinagusan[3] Na yoe	“To worship the gods.”[4] One leaves the house— The gods in name only— One’s heart’s enjoyment.[5]
65	Kasa wo wasureta Dokkoi[2] Menda no chaya de Sora ga kumore ba Omoi dasu Na yoe	The umbrella[6] forgotten At a Menda Inn—[7] If the sky becomes clouded You will remember.[8]
66	Otake[9] yama kara Dokkoi[2] Yuyama o mireba Yuyama onago ga Dete maneku Na yoe	From the sacred mountain If Yuyama were seen, Yuyama women coming out Beckon.
67	Kyō wa hi mo yoshi[10] Dokkoi[2] Shindera mairi Harai baba mo Dete miyare Mago tsureta Na yoe	Today is a good day[11] To visit the Shin temple Grandmother Harai, Come along too With your grandchild.

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1. Sometimes a ‘to’ is added to this line and the dokkoi chorus after the first line omitted.
2. Or: dokoe.
3. Or: kinagusami. This is a good example of how a final n sound may come to replace a final m syllable such as mi.
4. Otake literally means mountain or honorable mountain, so this line might be strictly interpreted as to worship the mountain.
5. The idea of this song is that as the young person leaves the house he says it is to visit the sacred mountain to pray at the shrine, but actually he or she expects to meet a sweetheart.
6. Kasa may also mean sedge hat, a headgear commonly worn by rural travelers as a protection against rain and sun.
7. Menda is a small town of Kuma through which many travelers pass on their way to Mount Ichifusa, the sacred mountain.
8. “You will remember your umbrella and by association, me;” presumably a tea house girl speaking.
9. See note 3.
10. Cf. the opening line of song 79.
11. I.e., an auspicious day.