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雪のみぞ枝にふりしき花もはもいにけむ方もみえずも有るかな

yuki nomi zo eda ni furishiki hana mo ha mo inikemu kata mo miezu mo aru kana

The snow is simply Fallen, scattered, on the branches; The blossom and the leaves, too: Where might they have gone? I cannot see!

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白雪の八重ふりしける帰る山かへるがへるも老いにけるかな

shirayuki no yae furishikeru kaeru yama kaerugaeru mo oinikeru kana

White snow Falls eightfold on Mount Return— Returning and returning again Is the age I feel!

Ariwara no Muneyana
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[1] Kokinshū XVII: 902/Shinsen man’yōshū 169/Kokin rokujō II: 1393