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
Composed on the first snows falling atop the bridge.
白波の立ち渡るかと見ゆるかな浜名の橋にふれる初雪
| siranami no tatiwataru ka to miyuru kana Famana no Fasi ni Fureru Fatuyuki |
Whitecaps Have risen across it Or so it does seem; The bridge at Hamana With first snows fallen… |
Lady Owari [in service to] the former Kamo Virgin
前齋院尾張
Composed on the conception of snow as part of a hundred poem sequence.
いかにせむ末の松山なみこさば峯の初雪きえもこそすれ
| ika ni semu suwe no matuyama nami kosaba mine no Fatuyuki kie mo koso sure |
What am I to do? If upon the pine-clad peak of Sué The waves should break, The first snows upon the peak Would vanish clear away! |
Minister of the Treasury [Ōe no] Masafusa
大藏卿匡房