yasukaranaku ni
saninuri no
wo-bune mo ga mo 10
tama-maki no
wo-kaji mo ga mo
kogi-wataritsutsu mo
katarahamashi wo.
In one edition the lay begins with the fourth verse; in another the opening is—Komoriku no | Hatsuse no kaha no | wochi kata ni | imora ha tatashi—representing the girl (imora) as standing on the further (distant) bank (wochi-kata) of the rapid stream of Hatsusè.