Ashi no ha wa sawabe mo saya ni oku shimo no samuki yonayona kōri shinikeri

葦の葉は沢辺もさやに置く霜の
寒き夜な夜な氷しにけり

Roma-ji: Ashi no ha wa sawabe mo saya ni oku shimo no samuki yonayona kōri shinikeri
English Translation: The leaves of the reeds,
where frost lies sharp and clear
along the marsh's edge,
night after bitter night
have frozen into ice.
Meaning: Night after cold night, as frost settles bright and clear along the marsh, the reed leaves have frozen stiff.
Commentary: Winter Poems 334

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A winter night"
As cold nights follow one after another, with frost lying bright and clear along the marsh, the reed leaves have at last frozen. The poem sings the gathering of time as the cold of each night piles up until the reeds freeze.
Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.

Line 1 names first what freezes. In line 2 of 326, too, frost lay on the leaves of the reeds.
Line 2: saya ni means "clearly, distinctly," describing the white frost standing out along the marsh.
Line 3 means "the frost that settles," leading into "cold" in line 4.
Line 4 means "on each cold night," and like yonayona in 328 sings nights laid one upon another.
Line 5 is the same as that of 331, and the next poem ends with this line too.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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