Composed on the topic of lingering snow for a poetry match held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the reign of the Goreizei emperor:

はなならでをらまほしきはなにはえのあしのわかばにふれるしらゆき

Fana narade woramahosiki Fa naniFae no asi no wakaba ni Fureru shirayuki

Though they are not blossoms How I long to pick At Naniwa Inlet From the new-grown reed tips Fallen snowflakes.

Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga