If the one I've waited for
came now, what should I do?
This morning's garden filled with snow
is far too lovely
for footsteps to mar.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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another waka by Izumi Shikibu: 春霞たつやおそきと山がはの岩まをくゞるおと聞ゆなり Farugasumi tatu ya osoki to yamagaFa no iFa ma wo kuguru oto kikoyu nari Spring haze Is no sooner on the rise than from Mountain streams’ Rocks’ cracks dripping Sounds can be heard. Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 [from GOSHŪISHŪ - GSIS I: 13]