Jan 23, 2014 14:46

待つ人の
今も来たらば、
いかがせむ
踏ままく惜しき
庭の雪かな

Izumi Shikibu

If the one I’ve waited for
should come now,
I wouldn’t know what to do.
How sad to have someone tread upon
the snow in my garden.

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