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見わたせば松のはしろきよしの山いくよつもれる雪にかあるらん
| miwataseba matsu no ha shiroki yoshinoyama iku yo tsumoreru yuki ni ka aruran | When I gaze across, The pine needles are white In the mountains of Yoshino; How many nights has it been drifting— The snow—I wonder? |
Tadami
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むばたまのよるのみふれる白雪はてる月影のつもるなりけり
| mubatama no yoru nomi Fureru sirayuki Fa teru tukikage no tumoru narikeri | Lily-seed dark The night, where fallen Snow, so white, Shines with the moonlight Drifting, piled high. |
Anonymous
Composed on the evening of the year.
へだて行くよよの面かげかきくらし雪にふりぬるとしの暮かな
| hedateyuku yo yo no omokage kakikurashi yuki ni furinuru toshi no kure kana | Disappearing into the distance Are the shapes of times gone by, Darkness descending with The falling snow—my age At the evening of the year. |
The Daughter of Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari
A profusion of deutzia flowers in full bloom
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白妙に卯花さけるかきねをばつもりし雪とおもひけるかな
| shirotae ni u no hana sakeru kakine o ba tsumorishi yuki to omoikeru kana | A spread of white mulberry cloth, The deutzias have bloomed Along my brushwood fence Drifting snow is piled, or So it seems! |
Minamoto no Narikata
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みわたせばたかねののべのうつぎ原みな白妙にさきにけるかな
| miwatseba takane no nobe no utsugiwara mina shirotae ni sakinikeru kana | When I gaze across The high-peak meadows A field of deutzia, All as white as mulberry cloth, Have bloomed there. |
Ōe no Fumi’ichi
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Gazing at snow on the mountain pines in the morning (秋山望松雪)
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おりもせず雲もかからぬ山のはに松の上なる雪をこそみれ
| ori mo sezu kumo mo kakaranu yama no Fa ni matu no uFe naru yuki koso mire | Not descending The clouds cling not To the mountains’ edge where Upon the pines I clearly see the snow. |
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山のはのさやかに照れる朝には松にかかれる雪もみえける
| yama no Fa no sayaka ni tereru asita ni Fa matu ni kakareru yuki mo miekeru | The mountains’ edge is Brightly shining In the morning: Clinging to the pines I can see the snow. |
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The warm feeling of spring enveloped by smoke (春気籠煙暖)
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梅の花雪にみゆれど春の気はけぶりをこめて寒からなくに
| ume no Fana yuki ni miyuredo Faru no ki Fa keburi wo komete samurakanaku ni | The plum blossom Seems like snow, yet The sense of spring Is surrounded with such smoke I feel no chill… |
Anonymous
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咲く花のひかりにもゆる春のきはけぶりをこめて晴れずぞ有りける
| saku Fana no Fikari ni moyuru Faru no ki Fa keburi wo komete Farezu zo arikeru | The blooming blossom Burning a’glow is The sense of spring; Surrounded by smoke that Never clears… |
Anonymous
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[1]These poems are included in Fubokushō (I: 92) and (I: 93).
Old Folk 老人
くろかみも色かはりゆきみる人のいとふばかりにおいにけるかな
| kurokami mo iro kawariyuki miru hito no itou bakari ni oinikeru kana | My raven tresses’ Hue has changed with the snow, and Folk who see Simply avoid me with distaste – Such is having grown old! |
Daishin
Old Folk 老人
| toshitsuki no yuki tsumoru ni mo kurokami no kawaru sugata no hazukashiki kana | With the months and years Snow drifts up upon My raven tresses – their Changing form is So embarrassing! |
Higo
Old Folk 老人
いやましにひたひのなみはかくれどもきえてもとしのゆきつもるかな
| iyamashi ni hitai no nami wa kakuredomo kiete mo toshi no yuki tsumoru kana | More and more The waves upon my forehead Do I seek to hide, yet Though they vanish, the years In drifts of snow appear! |
Akinaka
Stars 星
雪とのみかしらはなりていただきし星をよそめにみるぞかなしき
| yuki to nomi kashira wa narite itadakishi hoshi no yosome ni miru zo kanashiki | Snow is all that Upon my head Has been laid The stars, so far away The sight is so, so sad… |
Akinaka