Written down on a pieice of folded paper when the snow was falling, around when he was deciding to become a monk.

世の中にふるぞはかなき白雪のかつはきえぬる物としるしる

yo no naka ni Furu zo Fakanaki sirayuki no katu Fa kienu mono to sirusiru

Through this mundane world Fleetingly falling The snow, so white, Is swift to vanish— That I know only too well…

Fujiwara no Takamitsu