From the Poetry Match held by Tsurayuki when he was Governor of Suō.

氷りにし氷室の池も冬ながらこちふく風にとけやしぬらん

kōrinishi himuro no ike mo fuyu nagara kochifuku kaze ni toke ya shinuran

The frozen Ice-house pond Is deep in winter Might the gusting eastern wind Melt it, I wonder?

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