When passing in front of a certain dwelling on the day of the Great Purification Ceremony on the final day of the Sixth Month, someone said:
小牡鹿の耳振り立てゝ神を聞け
| sawosika no mimi Furitatete kami wo kike |
Just as a stag Pricks up his ears: O, Gods, hear me! |
I replied:
をむと犯せる罪はあらじな
| womu to wokaseru tumi Fa arazi na |
My dear, a committed Sin you have not one! |