Did we not pledge eternal love,
Wringing the tears from our sleeves,
Swearing our love would never change,
Like the waves that never break on Matsuyama?
Just like a watch fire
Burning at the Court,
I am aflame all night,
But smouldering by day.
Like boatmen whose rudder is lost,
Cast adrift in the Yura Straits,
So too am I adrift
And lost in love.