Sent around the First Day of the First Month, when snow was falling.

あらたまの年のはじめに降りしけば初雪とこそいふべからりけれ

aratama no tosi no Fadime ni Furisikeba Fatuyuki to koso iFubekarikere

When at the jewel-bright, new Year’s beginning It falls so heavily, ‘First snow’, I should call it.

Master of the Office of Palace Repairs [Fujiwara no] Akisue (1055-1123)