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Gogatsu no bu

Shōgastu kamuro manzai

Woman and Boy with Melon Plant

Oharame, 1799

Two Kyōka poets; Kinkōsha Kadomichi; Fukujusō Shōmaru

The Child and the Cat

Donde vá mamá (Where is mother going)

Allá vá eso. (There it goes.)

Miren que grabes! (Look how solemn they are!)

Si amanece; nos Vamos. (When day breaks we will be off.)

Dios la perdone; Y era su madre. (For heaven’s sake; and it was her mother.)

Ni mas ni menos. (Neither more nor less.)

Devota profesion. (Devout profession.)

Ni asi la distingue. (Even thus he cannot make her out.)

Ensayos. (Trials.)

Quien mas rendido (Which of them is the more overcome)

Tal para qual. (Two of a kind.)

Soplones. (Tale-bearers—Blasts of wind)

Que sacrificio! (What a sacrifice!)

Quien lo creyera! (Who would have thought it!)

Los Chinchillas. (The Chinchillas.)

Mucho hay que chupar. (There is plenty to suck.)

Ruega por ella. (She prays for her.)

Todos Caerán. (All will fall.)

El de la rollona. (Nanny’s boy.)

Sopla. (Blow.)

Tantalo. (Tantalus.)

Y aun no se van! (And still they don’t go!)

Duendecitos. (Hobgoblins.)

Ysele quema la Casa. (And his house is on fire.)

Si sabrá mas el discipulo (Might not the pupil know more)

Por que fue sensible. (Because she was susceptible.)

Que pico de Oro! (What a golden beak!)

Las rinde el Sueño. (Sleep overcomes them.)

La filiacion. (The filiation.)

Que viene el Coco. (Here comes the bogey-man.)

Ya tienen asiento. (They’ve already got a seat.)

Tu que no puedes. (Thou who canst not.)

Está Umd. …pues, Como digo…eh! Cuidado! si no! (You understand…well, as I say…eh! Look out! otherwise…)

Le descañona. (She fleeces him.)