First Snow 初雪
冬きぬとききつるからにいちじるくいちしの原 にふれる白雪
fuyu kinu to kikitsuru kara ni ichijiruku ichishi no hara ni fureru shirayuki | Winter has come, I have heard, and so Remarkably Upon the bramble fields Has fallen the first snow. |
Tadafusa
道の辺のいちしの花のいちしろく人皆知りぬ我が恋妻は
miti no pe no itisi no pana no itisiroku pito mina sirinu a ga koiduma pa |
By the roadside are Sprinkled snowbells; Plainly All folk know How fair my darling is! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
柿本人麻呂