Kokin rokujō III: 1553

身に近きなをぞ頼みし陸奥の衣の川と見てや渡らむ

mi ni chikaki
na o zo tanomishi
michinoku no
koromo no kawa to
mite ya wataramu
Close to my flesh
Did its name suggest,
In Michinoku
The River Robe, but
Catching a glimpse, I wonder, should I traverse it?

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