Kinkai wakashū 388

In the Twelfth Month of Kempō 5 [January 1218], I stayed at a monk’s cell at the Eifukuji on account of a directional taboo. When I returned home the following morning, I left behind a jacket

春まちてかすみの袖にかさねよと霜のころものおきてこそゆけ

haru machite
kasumi no sode ni
kasaneyo to
shimo no koromo no
okite koso yuke
Awaiting the springtime,
Sleeves of haze,
O, layer up!
A frosty robe
I leave you as I go!

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