Ichi-hayaku
Onoré ga koshi mo
Nukéru sench[=o].

[_The loins of the captain himself were knocked out very much
more quickly than the bottom of the dipper that was to be
given to the ghost._[40]]

[Footnote 40: The common expression _Koshi ga nukéru_ (to have one's
loins taken out) means to be unable to stand up by reason of fear.
The suggestion is that while the captain was trying to knock out the
bottom of a dipper, before giving it to the ghost, he fell senseless
from fright.]

Benkéï no
Zuzu no kuriki ni
Tomomori no
Sugata mo ukamu--
Funé no y[=u]réï.

[_By the virtue of Benkéï's rosary, even_ _the ship-following
ghost--even the apparition of Tomomori--is saved._]

Y[=u]réï wa
Ki naru Izumi no
Hito nagara,
Aö-umibara ni
Nadoté itsuran?

[_Since any ghost must be an inhabitant of the Yellow Springs,