Kei’un Hyakushu 55

The beginning of Winter.

柞散石田の小野のあさ嵐に山路しぐれて冬は來にけり

hahaso chiru
iwata no ono no
asa arashi ni
yamaji shigurete
fuyu wa kinikeri
Scattering the oak leaves
Across the flats at Iwata
Blows a morning windstorm;
Drizzling rain upon the mountain paths:
Winter is here, indeed!

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