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SKS X: 382

Composed by command on the topic of a distant view across the sea when His Majesty [Emperor Sutoku] was newly retired as emperor.

わたのはらこぎいでてみれば久方の雲井にまがふおきつしらなみ

wata no Fara
kogi’idedete mireba
Fisakata no
kumowi ni magaFu
oki tu siranami
When across the wide seascape
On rowing out I turn my gaze
The eternal
Clouds are tangled with
The whitecaps in the offing.[i]

The Former Chancellor and Palace Minister

Created with Soan.

[i] An allusive variation on Omuro gojisshu 601.