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