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"Nevertheless, later, although she was bitter at him for having looked at her, she was still unable to subdue her yearning, and sent her younger sister Tama-Yori-Bime to nurse the child, entrusting her also with a song, which said:

Beautiful are red jewels;
Even their cord seems to sparkle.
But I prefer pearls
For the awesome beauty
Of your pearl-like form.

Then her husband replied with this song:

As long as I have life,
I shall not forget
My beloved, with whom I slept
On an island where wild ducks,
Birds of the offing, came to land."

- Kojiki, Book One, Chapter 46