明石の君母子、舟で上洛。入道、舟を見送る。

Lady Akashi and her child come up to the capital by boat; the recluse sees them off.

上京して大堰の山荘に住む明石の君、源氏の形見の琴を弾く。松風、音を合わせるように鳴る。傍らに明石の尼君。

Lady Akashi, now at the Oi villa in the capital, plays the koto left as Genji's keepsake; the wind in the pines sounds as if accompanying; the Akashi nun is beside her.

大堰の山荘より帰ろうとする源氏を乳母、姫君を抱いて見送る。 明石の君は几帳の陰に伏す。

As Genji prepares to leave the Oi villa, the nurse sees him off holding the princess; Lady Akashi lies hidden behind a screen.

源氏、桂殿にて遊宴。 迎えの人々、 荻の枝に小鳥をつけて奉る。

Genji feasts at the Katsura Palace; his escorts present a small bird tied to a branch of eulalia.

夜更け、紫の上のところにいる源氏のもとへ、明石の君の文が届く。源氏、読んでから紫の上にも見せ、脇息によって明石の君を想う。

Late at night a letter from Lady Akashi arrives for Genji at Murasaki's; after reading it he shows it to Murasaki and, leaning on an armrest, longs for Lady Akashi.

源氏の勧めで明石の御方が娘を連れて上洛し、大堰川の別荘に入る。父・明石入道と別れて都へ上った御方のもとへ、源氏は人目を忍んで通い、成長した我が子と初めて対面する。紫の上は源氏の隠し子に嫉妬を覚えるが、やがて後継ぎのない自らの養女として引き取り養育することを承諾する。

At Genji's urging, the Lady of Akashi travels to the capital with her young daughter, settling at a secluded villa by the Oi River. Genji visits secretly and meets his daughter for the first time. In the capital, Murasaki no Ue grapples with jealousy over Genji's daughter, but eventually consents to adopt and rear the child in her own quarters.

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