From the Poetry Match held by Tsurayuki in the Second Month. Tengyō 2 – The Middle of Winter.
しら雪の降りつもりぬるおく山はあからがしはもうづもれにけり
shirayuki no furitsumorinuru okuyama wa akaragashiwa uzumorenikeri Snow, so white,
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おくやまの岩がき沼に木のは落ちてしづめる心人しるらめや
okuyama no iwagaki numa ni ko no ha ochite shizumeru kokoro hito shirurame ya Deep within the mountains
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おく山のすゑのたつきもいさしらず妹にあはずて年のへゆけば
okuyama no sue no tatsu ki mo isashirazu imo ni awazute toshi no heyukeba Deep within the mountains’
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おく山のたづきもしらぬ君によりわが心からまよふべらなる
okuyama no tazuki mo shiranu kimi ni yori wa ga kokoro kara mayouberanaru As if deep within the mountains,
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おくやまの草ふみならすさをしかもふかき心のほどはしらなん
okuyama no kusa fuminarasu saoshika mo fukaki kokoro no hodo wa shiranan In the mountains’ heart
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雪ふりてけふともしらぬおく山にすみやくおきなあはれはかなみ
yuki furite kyō to mo shiranu okuyama ni sumi yaku okina aware hakanami As the snow falls
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おく山のいはねにおふるすがのねのねもころごろにふれる白雪
okuyama no iwane ni ouru suga no ne no nemokorogoro ni fureru shirayuki Deep with the mountains,
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かみな月時雨ふるらしおくやまはと山のもみぢいまさかりなり
kaminazuki shigure fururashi okuyama wa toyama no momiji ima sakarinari In the Godless Month
A poem composed in reply to His Majesty by Tachibana sukune Naramaro.
奥山之 真木葉淩 零雪乃 零者雖益 地尓落目八方
okuyama no maki no pa sinogi puru yuki no puri pa masu tomo tuti ni otime ya mo Deep within the mountains
When he presented a hundred poem sequence for Former Emperor Horikawa.
おく山のまつの葉しのぎふる雪は人だのめなる花にぞありける
okuyama no matsu no ha shinogi furu yuki wa hitodanome naru hana ni zo arikeru Deep within the mountains
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