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34 Climbing Kagu-yama and looking upon the land

Upon the departure of Prince Otsu for the capital after his secret visit to the Shrine of Ise

• • In the sea of Iwami, By the cape of Kara, There amid the stones under sea Grows the deep-sea miru weed; There along the rocky strand Grows the sleek sea tangle.

Like the swaying sea tangle, Unresisting would she lie beside me— My wife whom I love with a love Deep as the miru-growing ocean.