Ise Shū 50

Upon hearing this, as the snow falls:

かへるさの道ゆくべくもおもほえずこほりて雪の降りしまされば

kaFeru sa no
miti yukubeku mo
omoFoezu
koForite yuki no
Furisi masareba
Upon my homeward
Path of setting foot
I cannot think:
For ’tis frozen and snow
Has fallen fine atop it.

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