Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing.  He borrows money from a samurai, but can't pay it back. A wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents.  But she misses her husband now that she's left him. A young servant named Sutekichi loves katanas.  He wants his own, so he pays a blacksmith with a thousand logs to make one for him.
Oh, if only I were able 
to go out to sea again.
Si me hubiese recuperado para ir de pesca...
Si tan solo estuviera 
recuperado para pescar...
Ah, se ao menos eu pudesse
 ir para o mar de novo.