Take no ha ni furiōu yuki no ure o omomi shita ni mo chiyo no iro wa kakurezu

竹の葉に降り覆ふ雪の末を重み
下にも千代の色は隠れず

Roma-ji: Take no ha ni furiōu yuki no ure o omomi shita ni mo chiyo no iro wa kakurezu
English Translation: On the bamboo leaves
the falling snow lies heavy,
the tips weighed down,
yet beneath it the colour
of a thousand ages shows.
Meaning: Though the snow falling over the bamboo leaves weighs down the tips, even beneath it the green of a thousand ages is not hidden.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 661

Headnote: "Celebration through the bamboo"
On celebration through the bamboo, the poet says that though snow covers the leaves and weighs down the tips, the green that lasts a thousand ages still shows beneath, blessing the reign with the unchanging green of bamboo under snow. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts."

Line 1 means "on the bamboo leaves," turning from poems of celebration through the pine to the bamboo.
Line 2 means "of the snow falling and covering," eight syllables.
Line 3 means "since the tips are heavy," o ... mi expressing cause, six syllables.
Line 4 means "beneath too, of a thousand ages."
Line 5 means "the colour is not hidden," setting the white of snow against the green of bamboo.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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