how should a ghost appear on the Blue Sea-Plain?_[41]]

[Footnote 41: The Underworld of the Dead--_Yomi_ or K[=o]sen--is
called "The Yellow Springs;" these names being written with two
Chinese characters respectively signifying "yellow" and "fountain." A
very ancient term for the ocean, frequently used in the old Shint[=o]
rituals, is "The Blue Sea-Plain."]

Sono sugata,
Ikari wo [=o]té,
Tsuki-matoü
Funé no hésaki ya
Tomomori no réï!

[_That Shape, carrying the anchor on its back, and following
after the ship--now at the bow and now at the stern--ah, the
ghost of Tomomori._[42]]

[Footnote 42: There is an untranslatable play upon words in the last
two lines. The above rendering includes two possible readings.]

Tsumi fukaki
Umi ni shidzumishi,
Y[=u]réï no
"Ukaman" toté ya!
Funé ni sugaréru.

[_Crying, "Now perchance I shall be saved!" The ghost
that sank into the deep Sea of Sin clings to the passing
ship!_[43]]