KKS XIII: 621

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あはぬよのふるしら雪とつもりなば我さへともにけぬべき物を

aFanu yo no
Furu sirayuki to
tumorinaba
ware saFe tomoni
kenubeki mono wo
Nights without you
With the white snowfall
Pile high; should it be so,
I, too, with the drifts,
Shall melt away, I fear.

Anonymous

Some attribute this poem to Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.

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