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Eikyū hyakushu 345

First Snow 初雪

都人まづこはみせん山ざとの庭のこけぢにふれるはつ雪

miyakobito
mazu ko wa misen
yamazato no
niwa no kokeji ni
fureru hatsuyuki

To folk from the capital
First of all would I show
My mountain home’s
Mossy garden paths, where
The first snow has fallen.

Nakazane

First Snow 初雪

さらぬだに人もとひこぬ山ざとにあやにくなれやけさの初雪

saranu dani
hito mo toikonu
yamazato ni
ayaniku nare ya
kesa no hatsuyuki

Of no account at all, and
Not visited by a single soul is
This mountain home, so
Is it unexpected that
The first snow falls here this morn?

Akinaka

Composed for a poetry competition held during the reign of Emperor Uda.

見る人もなき山里のさくらばなほかのちりなんのちぞさかまし

miru Fito mo
naki yamazato no
sakurabana
Foka no tirinan
noti zo sakamasi

With folk to see you
Not a one, in this mountain home,
O, cherry blossoms,
After all the others are scattered and gone
Would I have you bloom!

Ise

新玉の年ふりつもる山里に雪あかれぬは我が身なりけり

aratama no
tosi Furitumoru
yamazato ni
yuki akarenu Fa
wa ga mi narikeri

Fresh-jewelled
The years arrive and pile upon
My mountain home;
Unsurfeited with snow
Am I!