KKS IX: 409

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ほのぼのと明石の浦の朝霧に島がくれ行く舟をしぞ思ふ

Fonobono to
akasi no ura no
asagiri ni
simagakure yuku
Fune wo si zo omoFu
In the gloaming
Across Akashi Bay
Through the morning mists
Vanishing between the islands
I follow a boat with my thoughts.

Anonymous.

This poem is said by some to be by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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