源氏の夢に桐壺帝の現われた翌朝、夢のお告げどおり、明石の入道よりの迎えの舟がつく。

The morning after Emperor Kiritsubo appears in Genji's dream, a boat sent by the Akashi recluse arrives, as the dream foretold.

入道邸に移った源氏、初夏の夕月夜に琴を奏で、入道は琵琶を弾く。

Moved to the recluse's residence, Genji plays the koto on an early-summer moonlit evening; the recluse plays the biwa.

八月十三夜、源氏、馬に乗り、入江沿いに明石の君のもとに向かう。

On the thirteenth night of the eighth month, Genji rides along the inlet toward Lady Akashi.

明石の君、几帳の傍らで箏を弾きさしているところへ、源氏訪れる。

Lady Akashi plays the koto at the side of a screen; Genji visits.

明石の浦出立も間もない源氏、明石の君と一夜を過ごし琴を弾く。

Soon before leaving Akashi Bay, Genji spends a night with Lady Akashi, playing the koto.

琴の音に堪えられず、 入道、箏を娘に促し、御簾の内へと差し入れる。

Unable to bear the music, the recluse urges his daughter to play and slips a koto inside the blinds.

嵐の夜に父・桐壺院の夢告を受けた源氏のもとに、明石入道が迎えの舟を寄せる。明石の別邸に移った源氏は厚遇を受け、入道の娘・明石の御方と文を交わすうちに契りを結ぶ。明石の御方はやがて源氏の子を身籠る。一方都では天変地異が相次ぎ、桐壺院の霊に責められた朱雀帝は眼病を患い、源氏の罪を赦免する勅旨を下す。源氏は明石の御方に再会を誓い、名残を惜しみつつ帰京する。

Following a dream in which his late father appears, Genji is rescued by the former Governor of Akashi (the Novice) and sheltered at his seaside mansion. Genji enters into a relationship with the Novice's refined daughter, the Lady of Akashi, who becomes pregnant. Meanwhile in Kyoto, calamities and portents afflict Emperor Suzaku until he issues an imperial pardon. Pledging to send for the expecting lady, Genji tearfully journeys back to the capital.

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