Note 19 — LAFCADIO HEARN (continued 3)
Reading edition
Rō-shō fujō no Mi dé ari nagara, Jisetsu maté to wa Kiré-kotoba.
Lit.: "Old-young not-fixed-of body being, time-wait to-say, cutting-word." Ro-shō fujō is a Buddhist phrase. The meaning of the song is: "Since all things in this world are uncertain, asking me to wait for our marriage-day means that you do not really love me;—for either of us might die before the time you speak of."