Composed on ‘lingering snow’, in a hundred poem sequence he presented for the reign of former emperor Horikawa.

道たゆといとひしものを山ざとにきゆるはをしき去年の雪かな

miti tayu to ito Fisi mono wo yamazato ni kiyuru wa osiki kozo no yuki kana

That the way was blocked Was terrible, indeed, but At this mountain retreat As it vanishes, regret I feel For last year’s snow!

Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa