KKS I: 63

His reply.

けふこずはあすは雪とぞふりなまし消えずは有りとも花とみましや

keFu kozu Fa
asu Fa yuki to zo
Furinamasi
kiezu Fa ari tomo
Fana to mimasi ya
Had I not come today,
Tomorrow, in a blizzard
They might be falling.
Not to melt away, but,
Would they still seem the flowers?

Ariwara no Narihira
在原業平

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