They decided: "Let’s write a waka together!" The Nun went first:
whoever dammed
Saho River's waters
to plant rice fields...
佐保川の水を塞きあげて植ゑし田を
sa-ho-ga-wa no (5)
mi-zu wo se-ki-a-ge-te (8)
u-e-shi ta wo (5)
(The Nun used 5-8-5 Japanese sound-units, not the standard 5-7-5.)
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