Kinkai wakashū 377

はし鷹もけふやしらふにかはるらんとがへるやまに雪のふれれば

hashitaka mo
kyō ya shirau ni
kawaruran
togaeru yama ni
yuki no furereba

My sparrowhawk
Today to white speckles
Has turned, it seems—
A molt of feathers on the mountain,
Snow has fallen…

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