Left

霜がれの枝となわびそ白雪を花にやとひてみれどもあかず

shimogare no eda to na wabi so shirayuki o hana ni ya toite miredomo akazu

For the frost-burned Branches, grieve not, for White snows As blossom will visit them, and The sight will never sate.

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Right

嵐ふく山下里にふる雪はとくむめの花咲くかとぞ見る

arashi fuku yamashitazato ni furu yuki wa toku mume no hana saku ka to zo miru

The storm wind blows Upon the village ‘neath the mountains, where Fallen snow, Long since, had plum blossom Made seem to bloom?

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