Nanno takumi[51] no
Shiwaza naruran?
[That house-pillar hewn in the mountains of Hida, and thence brought here and erected upside-down—what carpenter's work can it be? (or, "for what evil design can this deed have been done?")]
Uë shita wo
Chigaëté tatéshi
Hashira ni wa
Sakasama-goto no
Uréï aranan.
[As for that house-pillar mistakenly planted upside-down, it will certainly cause adversity and sorrow.[52]]
Kabé ni mimi