This poem was formerly called the 'morouta' (entire verse) of Niwabi because the entire part of the poem was chanted at one time; however, in recent times only the first part of the poem was chanted, whereas the last part was not chanted.
かつてはこの全歌を歌ったから、それを庭燎の「諸歌」（もろうた）と称えたが、近代は上句のみを歌い、下句は歌わない。