On winter rain, from a hundred poem sequence on the four seasons, composed in Jōkyū 2 [1220].
都人ちぎりしものをはつ雪に松の葉をしき夕暮の雨
| miyakobito chigirishi mono o hatsuyuki ni matsu no ha o shiki yūgure no ame | Capital folk Did make a vow: Upon the first snows Pine needles spread By the evening rain. |
Lord Ietaka, Junior Second Rank
都人今もこじまの山吹になみをりかくる宇治の川波
| miyakobito ima mo kojima no yamabuki ni namiorikakuru uji no kawanami |
Capital folk, Now, too, in islets of Golden kerria Align, concealed by The waves on Uji River. |
Emperor Gotoba
後鳥羽院
五月雨に水越えにけり沢田川くに宮人の渡す高橋
| samidare ni mizu koenikeri sawadagawa kunimiyabito no watasu takahashi |
In the showers Has it crossed the waters At Sawada River: The capital folk- Built great bridge! |