One morning when snow was falling, the Master of the Left Capital Office, Lord Michinaga, was at the northern side of the Kokiden hall and said:
あしのかみひざよりしものさゆるかな
| asi no kami Fiza yori simo no sayuru kana |
From the top of my legs To below my frosty knees I feel a chill! |
I concluded:
こしのわたりに雪やふるらむ
| kosi no watari ni yuki ya Fururamu |
Down around the dell, I wonder, might the snow be falling? |