For the place on a folding screen with a picture of snow falling somewhere with a large number of travellers.
かたしきの衣手いたくさえわびぬ雪ふかきよのみねの松風
| katashiki no koromode itaku saewabinu yuki fukaki yo no mine no matsukaze | A single spread Sleeve is truly filled With lonely chill, On a night deep amidst the snow With the pinewinds on the peak. |
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Snow amidst a journey
たび衣夜はのかたしきさえさえて野中の庵に雪降りにけり
| tabigoromo yowa no katashiki saesaete nonaka no io ni yuki furinikeri | In my traveller’s garb At midnight a single spread sleeve Is deeply chill, indeed Around my hut upon the plains Snow has fallen.[i] |
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[i] See: In a hundred poem sequence: さむしろのよはの衣手さえさえてはつ雪しろしをかのべの松 samushiro no / yowa no koromode / saesaete / hatsuyuki shiroshi / oka no be no matsu ‘Alone in my meagre bedding, / My nightgown’s sleeves / Are deeply chill, indeed; / The first snows lie white / Upon the pines along the hillside.’ Princess Shokushi (Shinkokinshū VI: 662)
