The End of Winter
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したぎえのゆきまをみればふゆながらはるのけちかきここちこそすれ
| shitagie no yukima o mireba fuyu nagara haru no kechikaki kokochi koso sure | Melting below, Gaps in the snow, I see, so Though ‘tis yet winter Spring’s sensation closer Comes, I feel! |
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Right (Win)
みよしののやまのしらゆきつもるらしふるさとさむくなりまさるなり
| miyoshino no yama no shirayuki tsumorurashi furusato samuku narimasaru nari | On fair Yoshino Mountain white snow fall Drifts high, it seems, For in this ancient place the chill Grows ever stronger. |
Korenori
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月夜には花とぞ見ゆる竹のうへに降りしく雪を誰かはらはむ
| tsukiyo ni wa hana to zo miyuru take no ue ni furishiku yuki o tare ka harawamu | On a moonlit night As blossom it appears, so From the bamboo The fallen, scattered, snow— Who would sweep it away? |
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しら雪を分けてわかるるかたみには袖に涙のこほるなりけり
| shirayuki o wakete wakaruru katami ni wa sode ni namida no kōru narikeri | That through the snow so white I pressed on, forging, A keepsake is The tears upon my sleeves, All frozen. |
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霜がれの枝となわびそ白雪を花にやとひてみれどもあかず
| shimogare no eda to na wabi so shirayuki o hana ni ya toite miredomo akazu | For the frost-burned Branches, grieve not, for White snows As blossom will visit them, and The sight will never sate. |
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嵐ふく山下里にふる雪はとくむめの花咲くかとぞ見る
| arashi fuku yamashitazato ni furu yuki wa toku mume no hana saku ka to zo miru | The storm wind blows Upon the village ‘neath the mountains, where Fallen snow, Long since, had plum blossom Made seem to bloom? |
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Round Thirteen
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うらちかくふりくる雪はしら波のすゑの松山こすかとぞみる
| ura chikaku furikuru yuki wa shiranami no sue no matsuyama kosu ka to zo miru | Close by the beach The snow comes falling upon The whitecaps—that The pine-topped peak of Sue The might o’ercome it does appear! |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
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みよしのの山の白雪つもるらしふる里さむく成りまさるなり
| miyoshino no yama no shirayuki tsumorurashi furusato samuku narimasaru nari | On fair Yoshino Mountain white snow fall Drifts high, it seems, For in this ancient place the chill Grows ever stronger. |
Sakanoue no Korenori
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[1] Kokinshū VI: 325: Composed at the place he was staying when he had gone to the Nara capital.
A wave of chill in the heart due to snow (依雪波心寒)
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わだづもにふるしら雪は消えながら波の心にさむさをぞそむ
| wadadumi ni furu sirayuki Fa kienagara nami no kokoro ni samusa wo zo somu | Across the broad sea sweep Falls white snow; It vanishes, yet The waves’ hearts are Dyed with cold. |
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Right (Win)
ふる雪に波の心もさむからし風とかくれやへたにだによる
| furu yuki ni nami no kokoro mo samukarashi kaze to kakure ya Feta ni dani yoru | With the falling snow The waves’ hearts, too, Must be so cold; Do they hide from the wind Rushing to the shore? |
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[1]Minor variants on these poems appear in Fubokushō (XVIII: 7269) and (XVIII: 7268).
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
しら雪の八重ふりしけるかへる山かへるがへるも老いにける哉
| sirayuki no yaFe Furisikeru kaFeru yama kaFerugaFeru mo oinikeru kana | White snow Falls eightfold on Mount Return— Returning and returning again Is the age I feel! |
Ariwara no Muneyana