In reply:
朝戸あけて春の木末の雪みれば初花ともやいふべかるらん
asato akete
Faru no kozuwe no
yuki mireba
FatuFana tomo ya
iFubekaruran | On opening my morning door, and
In springtime on the treetops
Snow seeing,
‘First flowers’, perhaps
I should call it… |
Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office [Fujiwara no] Kinzane (1053-1107)
Sent when he saw snow falling, around the First Day of the First Month.
あらたまの年のはじめに降りしけば初雪とこそいふべからりけれ
aratama no
tosi no Fadime ni
Furisikeba
Fatuyuki to koso
iFubekarikere | When at the jewel-bright, new
Year’s beginning
It falls so heavily,
‘First snow’,
I should call it. |
Master of the Office of Palace Repairs [Fujiwara no] Akisue (1055-1123)
'Simply moving and elegant'