旅客来りて嘆いて曰く
A traveler arrived and lamented to the host:
近年より近日に至るまで天変地夭・飢饉疫癘・遍く天下に満ち、広く地上に迸る
In recent years there have been ominous occurrences in the heavens, and natural disasters on the ground earth. Famine and pestilence rage in all lands beneath the skies and in every corner of the realm.
牛馬巷に斃れ、骸骨路に充てり
Dead cattle and horses are everywhere, and human skeletons clutter the streets.
死を招くの輩既に大半に超え、悲まざるの族敢て一人も無し、
Over half the population has already been carried off by death, and there is no one who does not grieve.
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