Kinkai wakashū 612

In reply to a message sent from the residence of someone who had gone to a distant province, saying ‘I would show you my sleeves…’

我ゆゑにぬるるにはあらじから衣やまぢのこけの露にぞ有りける

ware yue ni
nururu ni wa araji
karakoromo
yamaji no koke no
tsuyu ni zo arikeru
For my sake
Soaked is not, I think,
Your Cathay robe, for
Mossy mountain paths
Are thick with dew!

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