天の河こぞの渡のうつろへばあさせふむまに夜ぞふけにける
| ama no kaFa kozo no watari no uturoFeba asase Fumu ma ni yo zo Fukenikeru | The River of Heaven’s Ferry pier since last year Has changed, so While I tread the bank, the shallows searching, The night has worn on! |
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SZS I: 4
Composed on ‘lingering snow’, in a hundred poem sequence he presented for the reign of former emperor Horikawa.
道たゆといとひしものを山ざとにきゆるはをしき去年の雪かな
| miti tayu to ito Fisi mono wo yamazato ni kiyuru wa osiki kozo no yuki kana | That the way was blocked Was terrible, indeed, but At this mountain retreat As it vanishes, regret I feel For last year’s snow! |
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa