Once I wet my sleeves
Scooping water
It's frozen now
On this first day of spring,
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袖ひぢてむすびし水をこほれるを春立つけふの風やとくらむ sode Fidite musubisi mizu no koForeru wo Faru tatu keFu no kaze ya tokuran Once I wet my sleeves Scooping water It’s frozen now On this first day of spring, Will the wind melt it, I wonder? Ki no Tsuryuki - 紀貫之 KOKINSHŪ, KKS I: 2
[Waka composed on the first day of spring]