Seeing Captain Nobukata saddened, with his scarlet ties in disarray on the night of the New Rice Festival, I began:
いかなるひものよはにとくらむ
| ikanaru himo no yoFa ni tokuramu |
What is The ice that at midnight Melts? |
And he concluded:
あしひきのやまゐの水はさえながら
| asifiki no yamawi no midu Fa saenagara |
The leg-wearying mountain spring Waters are frozen, so… |