SZS VIII: 516

When he was travelling after leaving the world, he composed this on seeing the moon over the sea.

わたのはら遙に波をへだて來て都にいでし月を見るかな

wata no Fara
Faruka ni nami wo
Fedate kite
miyako ni idesi
tuki wo miru kana
Across the wide sea’s sweep
From afar the waves
Come one by one;
When the capital I left
That is the moon I saw.

The Monk En’i

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