Composed to accompany a letter sent to someone who had gone down to Michinoku province.
たまぼこのみちの山風さむからばかたみがてらにきなんとぞおもふ
| tamaboko no michi no yama kaze samukaraba katamigatera ni ki nan to zo omou |
A jewelled spear, The road where mountain winds Blow chill, if so These keepsake robes I would that you would wear. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之