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Composed on travel

しら雲のかかるたびねもならはぬにふかき山ぢに日はくれにけり

shirakumo no
kakaru tabine mo
narawanu ni
fukaki yamaji ni
hi wa kurenikeri
Clouds, so white,
Surround me, sleeping on my travels,
Unaccustomed to it,
On deep mountain trails
The sun has set.

Supernumerary Archbishop Eien[1]
権僧正永縁


[1] This poem was originally composed for Horikawa hyakushu (1372).

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