Composed for the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

白雪のふりてつもれる山ざとはすむ人さへや思ひきゆらむ

sirayuki no Furite tumoreru yamazato Fa sumu Fito saFe ya omoFikiyuramu

The white snow Has fallen, drifted high around The mountain home; Might even he who lives there Be buried in melancholy?

Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑