"Hishaku kasé" chō
Funé no kowané ni.
[As if the nape of our necks had been sprinkled with cold water,—so we felt while listening to the voice of the ship-ghost, saying:—"Lend me a dipper!"[39]]
Yūrei ni
Kasu-hishaku yori
Ichi-hayaku
Onoré ga koshi mo
Nukéru senchō.
[The loins of the captain himself were knocked out very much more quickly than the bottom of the dipper that was to be given to the ghost.[40]]
Benkéï no