English poem
Poem 96 (1Hana sasou…)
by Saionji Kintsune (1171–1244)
1Hana sasou Arashi no niwa no 1Yuki narade Furi yuku mono wa Waga mi nari keri. his snow is not from blossoms white 1Wind-scattered, here and there, That whiten all my garden paths 1And leave the branches bare; 1’Tis age that snows my hair!