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"inscription_translation": "Dimly, dimly/ \nin the morning mist that lies over Akashi Bay,/ \nmy longings follow with the ship / \nthat vanishes behind the distant isle.\n\n\u2014Translated by Robert H. Bower and Earl Miner",
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Dimly, dimly
in the morning mist that lies over Akashi Bay,
my longings follow with the ship
that vanishes behind the distant isle.
\u2014Translated by Robert H. Bower and Earl Roy Miner",
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