Kinkai wakashū 593

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.

はこねぢをわがこえくれば伊豆の海やおきのこじまに浪のよるみゆ

hakoneji o
wa ga koekureba
izu no umi ya
oki no kojima ni
nami no yoru miyu
When Hakone’s trails
I have passed across,
The sea at Izu, filled
With islets in the offing’s
Breaking waves, I see.

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