First Snow 初雪
はつみ雪ふりにけらしなあらち山こしのたび人そりにのるまで
hatsumiyuki furinikerashi na arachiyama koshi no tabibito sori ni noru made | The first deep snows Have fallen, it seems, so Upon Arachi Mountain The traversing traveller Must ride upon a sleigh! |
Kanemasa
First Snow 初雪
はつみ雪ふりにけらしなあらち山こしのたび人そりにのるまで
hatsumiyuki furinikerashi na arachiyama koshi no tabibito sori ni noru made | The first deep snows Have fallen, it seems, so Upon Arachi Mountain The traversing traveller Must ride upon a sleigh! |
Kanemasa
Sleet
あらち山雪げの空になりぬればかいづの里にみぞれふりつつ
arachiyama yukige no sora ni narinureba kaitsu no sato ni mizore furitsutsu | When Mount Arachi’s Skies scented with snow Become, Upon the estate at Kaizu Sleet falls on and on… |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実