Composed as a poem on the beginning of Winter.
冬來ては一夜ふたよをたま笹の葉わけの霜の處せきまで
| Fuyu kite Fa Fito yo Futa yo wo tamasasa no Fawake no simo no tokoro seki made |
Since Winter’s coming- In but a single night or maybe two- Upon the bamboo grass Leaves, the frost Has left no gap at all. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家