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Kinkai wakashū 331

夜を寒み河瀬にうかぶ水のあわのきえあへぬ程に氷りしにけり

yo o samumi
kawase ni ukabu
mizu no awa no
kie’aenu hodo ni
kōrishinikeri

The night so cold
On the river-rapids the floating
Water foam
Has no time to vanish before
‘Tis frozen solid.

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