一本(いっぽん)取られた(とられた)怒る(おこる)こともできず、自分の(じぶんの)嘘(うそ)を謝って(あやまって)小僧(こぞう)たちを許した(ゆるした)

Ikkyu-san continued crying, 'To apologize by dying, we licked clean all the 'poison' inside the jar, but we just cannot seem to die. Why is that?' using his wit. The priest, whose lie was completely exposed, was bested and couldn't even get angry. He apologized, 'I won't lie anymore, so please forgive me,' and forgave the acolytes.