はるたつとおもひもあへぬあさいでにいつしかかすむおとは山かな

haru tatsu to omoi mo aenu asa ide ni itsu shika kasumu otowayama kana

Spring’s arrival I had not felt, but This morning, stepping out, Suddenly all hazed o’er was Otowa Mountain![i]

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[i] See: Composed on the day spring arrived. 逢坂の關をや春もこえつらむ音羽の山のけさはかすめる ausaka no / seki o ya haru mo / koetsuramu / otowa no yama no / kesa wa kasumeru ‘At Meeting Hill / The barrier will spring, too, / Pass beyond? / In the Otowa Mountains / This morning is all hazed.’ Tachibana no Toshitsuna (Goshūishū I: 3)