He tells her that he has come to kill Iruka on the orders of his lord, but has known that the power of Iruka will diminish if he plays a flute after pouring on it the blood of black-hoofed deer and the vital blood of a woman mad with jealousy, and this is why he has stabbed her while feeling sorry. |
主君の命を受け、入鹿を討つべく来たのであるが、爪黒の鹿の血と嫉妬に狂う女の生血を鹿笛にかけて吹けば、入鹿の力が衰えることを知り、不憫ながらもお前を刺したと告げる。 |