On the same conception, while I was at a place called Futami in Ise.

浪こすとふたみのまつの見えつるはこずゑにかかる霞なりけり

nami kosu to futami no matsu no mietsuru wa kozue ni kakaru kasumi narikeri

As waves breaking O’er the pines at Futami Did it appear, Clinging to the treetops, The haze.[i]

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[i] See: 君をおきてあだし心を我がもたば末の松山波もこえなん kimi o okite / adashi kokoro o / wa ga motaba / sue no matsu yama / nami mo koenan ‘To abandon you / An inconstant heart / Would I have, but sooner / Over Sue-no-Matsuyama / Would waves break!’ (Kokinshū XX: 1093)