A volume of Saishi (a special envoy from Imperial Court in the case of a festival) in "Utsuho Monogatari" (The Tale of the Hollow Tree) contains a poem which was chanted in the tune of 'Okimi Kimasaba' ('Waie'), 'People would wait patiently for you as a long pole which has been used for a long time is needed to cross a deep water,' and also a poem was chanted in the tune of 'Ise no umi,' 'My pole cannot reach the bottom of the water; I don't know about other people, but my love for you is the deepest.'
『宇津保物語』祭使の巻には「大君来まさば」（「我家」）の声振に歌「底深き淵を渡るに水馴棹長き心も人やつくらん」をうたい、「伊勢海」の声振に歌「人はいさ我がさす棹の及ばねば深き心をひとりとぞ思ふ」をうたった。