| 1 | The first rays of sunlight stretched across the sea. | |
| 2 | Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away. | |
| 3 | I have knitted many a gray strand into many a scarf. | |
| 4 | The strands of gray somebody somewhere will airbrush out. | |
| 5 | After two months of darkness, a thread would reappear in January. |