Note 11 — LAFCADIO HEARN (continued 3)
Reading edition
Kaäi, kaäi to Naku mushi yori mo Nakanu hotaru ga Mi we kogasu. Nanno ingwa dé Jitsu naki hito ni Shin we akashité,— Aa kuyashi!
Lit.: "'I-love-I-love'-saying-cry-insects than, better never-cry-firefly, body scorch! What Karma because-of, sincerity-not-is-man to, inmost-mind opened?—ah! regret!" ... It was formerly believed that the firefly's light really burned its own body.