GSS XVII: 1244

When he had gone to the province of Settsu and started to live in seclusion, feeling frustrated about his personal circumstances.

難波津を今日こそみつの浦ごとにこれやこの世をうみわたる舟

naniFa tu wo
keFu koso mitu no
ura goto ni
kore ya kono yo wo
umiwataru Fune
The port of Naniwa
I have seen today: an imperial port
And on the beach every
One, the world’s
Seas sails (so sad): those boats.

Narihira
業平

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