I was making a boat with skill,
Constructing a ship with singing: 250
I sang a day, I sang a second,
Now on the third day
The sledge broke from my verses,
The foot-piece broke from my speech.
I set forth to obtain an auger from Tuoni, 255
A gimlet from Manala,
For my building the sledge,
For my arranging the basket-sledge of song[21].