First snow seen at dawn (暁見初雪)

Left

鏡山あか月方に見わたせばあまぎりあひて初雪ぞふる

kagamiyama akatsukikata ni miwataseba amagiri aite hatsuyuki zo furu

When Mirror Mountain At the edge of dawn I do survey Blended with the misting rain is The first fall of snow.

Fujiwara no Akinobu, Secretary of Music
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Right

あさぼらけまだふみ分けぬ初雪にいづれを道とわきぞかねつる

asaborake mada fumiwakenu hatsuyuki ni izure o michi to waki zo kanetsuru

By dawn’s first light As yet no feet have marked This first fall of snow; How long can the path Remain untrodden?

Akichika, Ranked without office
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