Their jackets were sleeveless and the color of cherries,
Some were dressed in wistaria and some in kerria.
It was the serene noon-time.
In my heart I wished that so it might continue for a thousand years.
Alas.
A delightful animal is the Cat-in-Waiting on the Mikado.
She is a favorite with His Highness and has many titles:
He has conferred upon her the fifth rank of nobility,
And has ordered her called Miyobu-no-Otodo,
Chief Superintendent of the Female Attendants of the Palace.
For all that, she will go out on the bridge and sleep in full view in the sunlight,
However loudly the attendant in charge of her may call:
"Oh, improper! Come in at once!"
Some were dressed in wistaria and some in kerria.
It was the serene noon-time.
In my heart I wished that so it might continue for a thousand years.
Alas.
II
A delightful animal is the Cat-in-Waiting on the Mikado.
She is a favorite with His Highness and has many titles:
He has conferred upon her the fifth rank of nobility,
And has ordered her called Miyobu-no-Otodo,
Chief Superintendent of the Female Attendants of the Palace.
For all that, she will go out on the bridge and sleep in full view in the sunlight,
However loudly the attendant in charge of her may call:
"Oh, improper! Come in at once!"
