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]
[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: 4)
