He heard murmur from a thicket nearby, and as he went closer, he heard the voices of singing and dancing which did not belong to human beings; the voices were calling themselves as 'geta' 'wara' 'taiko' 'warigo' and so on.
近くの藪からざわめき声が聞こえるので近寄ると、人間とは異なる声で歌い踊る声が聞こえ、その声は自分たちを「下駄」「蓑」「太鼓」「割籠」などと呼んでいた。