But she said:
“Urashima:
Thou Fisherman of the Inland Sea,
Never be afraid of the Deep Sea tempest;
We will roll rocks about our cavern doors;
Neither be afraid of the drowned dead;
Thou shalt not die.”
“Ah, now,” said the fisherman, “let be, for the dear gods’ sake.... I would go to mine own.”
“Stay with me this one night.”
“Nay, not one.”
Then the Daughter of the Deep Sea wept, and Urashima saw her tears.
“I will stay with you this one night,” he said.
So after the night was passed, she brought him up to the sand and the seashore.
“Are we near your home?” she said.
He told her, “Within a stone’s throw.”