When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
あは雪もまだふる年にたなびけばころまどはせるかすみとぞみる
| awayuki mo mada furu toshi ni tanabikeba koro madowaseru kasumi to zo miru | Snow spume Still withing the old year Does trail across the skies, so Confused about the season Do the hazes seem to be! |
Toshiyori
風の間に散る淡雪のはかなくてところどころに降るぞわひしき
| kaze no ma ni tiru aFayuki no Fakanakute tokorodokoro ni Furu zo wabisiki |
In the breeze Scatter soft snow flurries So brief that Its intermittent Fall is sad, indeed… |
Composed on the conception of lingering snow, when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
かすがのゝしたもえわたるくさのうへにつれなくみゆる春のあは雪
| kasugano no shitamoewataru kusa no ue ni tsurenaku miyuru haru no awayuki |
On the plain at Kasuga Sprouting freshly everywhere are Grasses, but atop them Heartlessly, I see The foamy snow of spring! |
Provisional Middle Councillor Kuninobu