When I had gone out to view Mount Hakone, there were islets with waves breaking over them. When I asked my companions if they knew the name of the sea there, and the answer came back that it was the Izu sea.
hakoneji o wa ga koekureba izu no umi ya oki no kojima ni nami no yoru miyu When Hakone’s trails
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Composed when at the edge of dawn haze swept across the eightfold tideways and they seemed as one with the sky.
sora ya umi umi ya sora to mo miewakanu kasumi mo nami mo tachimichinitsutsu Sky or sea,
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大海尓 荒莫吹 四長鳥 居名之湖尓 舟泊左右手
おほうみに あらしなふきそ しながとり ゐなのみなとに ふねはつるまで
opoki umi ni arasi na puki so sinagatori wina no minato ni pune patsuru made Across the sea so wide,
伊勢海之 白水郎之嶋津我 鰒玉 取而後毛可 恋之将繁
いせのうみの あまのしまつが あはびたま とりてのちもか こひのしげけむ
ise no umi no By the sea at Ise
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わたつうみにながれいでたるしかま川しかもたえずやこひわたりなん
wata tsu umi ni nagare’idetaru shikamagawa shika mo taezu ya koi watarinan Into the broad sea sweep
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かくてのみありそのうみにありつつも逢ふよもあらばなにかうらみん
kakute nomi ariso no umi ni aritsutsu mo au yo mo araba nani ka uramin Simply so
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いせのうみや浪にたけたる秋のよの有明の月に松風ぞふく
ise no umi ya nami ni taketaru aki no yo no ariake no tsuki ni matsukaze zo fuku At the sea at Ise
The moon by the sea
たまさかにみる物にもがいせのうみの清きなぎさの秋のよの月
tamasaka ni miru mono ni mo ga ise no umi no kiyoki nagisa no aki no yo no tsuki Once in a while
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara yae no shioji ni tobu kari no tsubasa no nami ni akikaze zo fuku Across the broad sea sweep
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わたつ海のおきつしほあひにうかぶあわのきえぬものからよる方もなし
wata tu umi no Across the broad sea sweep
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