Thus, his farewell poetry was 'If someone ask you where Sokan is, please tell him or her Sokan is in the other world for "yo" ("yo" meaning "business" is used as a pun here).'
したがって辞世は「宗鑑はいづくへと人の問うならば　ちとよう（ヨウ）がありてあの世へといへ」。