Kokinshu #333
Friday, 16 November 2012 07:09 Topic unknown.
Come down once again --
cover what's not yet melted.
Should the spring haze rise,
we surely would seldom see
the fair snow anymore.
kenu ga ue ni
mata mo furishike
harugasumi
tachinaba miyuki
mare ni koso mime
---L.
Come down once again --
cover what's not yet melted.
Should the spring haze rise,
we surely would seldom see
the fair snow anymore.
—25 October 2012
Original author unknown. The grammar and manner suggest this is a very old poem. Note the contrast of the falling of the snow and the rising of the haze.kenu ga ue ni
mata mo furishike
harugasumi
tachinaba miyuki
mare ni koso mime
---L.