Arité, kiké to ka?
Sakashima ni
Tateshi hashira ni
Yanari suru oto!
[O Ears that be in the wall![53] listen, will ye? to the groaning and the creaking of the house-post that was planted upside-down!]
Uri-iyé no
Aruji we toëba,
Oto arité:
Waré mé ga kuchi wo
Aku saka-bashira.