Both of them sit in front of the artificial kinuta brought by a koken (guardian), and then pound it while singing a song saying 'I pound the kinuta of bitterness to send my feelings.'
そして、後見がもちだしてきた砧の作り物の前に座り、両人「思ひを述ぶる便りとぞ、恨みの砧、打つとかや｣と謡いつつ、砧を打つ。