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Miyama ni wa shirayuki fureri shigaraki no maki no somabito michi tadoru rashi
White snow has fallen deep in the mountains; the woodsmen who fell the fine timber at Shigaraki must be groping their way along the path.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Makimuku no hibara no arashi saesaete yutsuki ga take ni yuki furinikeri
The storm wind through the cypress groves of Makimuku blows bitterly cold, and snow has fallen on the peak of Yutsuki.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Maki no to o asake no kumo no koromode ni yuki o fukimaku yamaarashi no kaze
As I open the cedar door at dawn amid the clouds, the storm wind from the mountains whirls snow into my sleeves.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Harae tada yukiwakegoromo nuki o usumi tsumoreba samushi yamaarashi no kaze
Just brush it away! The robe I wear through the snow is thinly woven, and when snow piles on it I grow cold—O storm wind from the mountains.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamazato wa fuyu koso koto ni wabishikere yuki fumiwakete tou hito mo nashi
In a mountain village, winter above all is the loneliest time; no one comes treading through the snow to visit.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Waga io wa yoshino no oku no fuyugomori yuki furitsumite tou hito mo nashi
My hut stands deep in the hills of Yoshino, shut in for the winter; snow has fallen and piled up, and no one comes to visit.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Onozukara sabishiku mo aru ka yama fukami kusa no iori no yuki no yūgure
How lonely it feels of itself—so deep are the mountains—at my grass hut in the snowy dusk.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ware nomi zo kanashi to wa omou nami no yoru yama no hitai ni yuki no furereba
It is I alone who feel this sorrow—for the snow has fallen on the brow of the mountain where the waves come rolling in.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Hashitaka no kyō ya shirafu ni kawaruramu tokaeru yama ni yuki no furereba
Will the sparrow hawk's feathers turn white-flecked today, I wonder? For snow has fallen on the mountain where it molts its plumage.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kamome iru oki no shirasu ni furu yuki no hareyuku sora no tsuki no sayakesa
The snow that fell on the white sandbar offshore where the gulls alight clears away, and in the clearing sky, how bright and pure the moon!
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Takasago no onoe no matsu ni furu yuki no furite ikuyo no toshi ka tsumoreru
Like the snow falling on the pines atop the peak of Takasago, they have grown old—how many ages of years have piled up on them?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Fuyugomori sore tomo miezu miwa no yama sugi no ha shiroku yuki no furereba
Now in the winter's seclusion, Mount Miwa can no longer be recognized, for snow has fallen until even its cedar leaves are white.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Tachinoboru keburi wa nao zo tsure mo naki yuki no ashita no shiogama no ura
The rising smoke of the salt fires goes on as ever, heedless of all—on this snowy morning at the bay of Shiogama.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Uchitsuke ni mono zo kanashiki hatsuseyama onoe no kane no yuki no yūgure
Of a sudden, everything has turned so sorrowful—the bell ringing from the summit of Mount Hatsuse in the snowy dusk.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Furusato wa urasabishi tomo naki mono o yoshino no oku no yuki no yūgure
My old village was never so forlorn as this—the snowy dusk deep in the hills of Yoshino.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kyō mo mata hitori nagamete kurenikeri tanomenu yado no niwa no shirayuki
Today once again, gazing alone lost in thought, I have watched the day grow dark—the white snow in the garden of a house that no one promised to visit.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo