After this poem about the bitterness of waiting is recollected, the poem of 'Tsutsuizutsu' is sung once again, and she realizes that she has grown old from the word 'grow' which has the same pronunciation as 'age.'
こうして待つ事の辛さを詠んだ歌が回想された後、最後に再び「筒井筒」の歌が詠まれ、「生(お)いしけりしな」という言葉から自分が老いてしまった事に気付く。