Composed when the gentlemen of the court were composing in the conception of yearning after mountain snow just before dawn.
をとは山さやかに見ゆる白雪をあけぬとつぐるとりのこゑかな
| otowa yama sayaka ni miyuru shirayuki o akenu to tsuguru tori no koe kana |
Mount Otowa Appears clearly: Snow’s whiteness Brightening-announced by The cock’s crow. |
Retired Emperor Takakura (1161-1188; r. 1168-1180)