poem by Fujiwara No Tadamichi

As I row over the plain
Of the sea and gaze
Into the distance, the waves
Merge with the bright sky.

Wata no hara
Kagi idete mireba
Hisa kata no
Kumoi ni mago
Okitsu shira nami

translated by Kenneth Rexroth

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