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	人のむすめのやつなりける		人のむすめのやつなりける

	~~This is someone~~'s daughter ~~named Yatsu~~		A person's daughter who was eight

	神な月時雨ふるにもくるるひを君まつほどはながしとぞ思ふ		神な月時雨ふるにもくるるひを君まつほどはながしとぞ思ふ

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			御櫛笥殿の別当に、年を経ていひわたり侍りけるを、え逢はずして、その年の師走のつごもりの日つかはしける

			He had sent many messages to the Mistress of the Wardrobe, but was not able to meet her, and on the last day of the 12th month he sent this.

			藤原敦忠朝臣

			Lord Fujiwara no Atsutada

			物思ふとすぐる月日もしらぬまにことしはけふにはてぬとかきく

			mono omohu to Sunk in my worry
			suguru tukihi mo When I barely acknowledged
			sira-nu ma ni Passing days and months
			kotosi ha kehu ni Today the year is finished
			hate-nu to ka kiku Or so I hear people say.

			;Mistress of the Wardrobe
			:The identity of this woman is uncertain; the ''Tales of Yamato'' makes her Fujiwara no Tadahira's daughter, but ''Yamato'' episode 92 seems to be a tale stitched together from several poems in the GSS by Atsutada. Kifune suggests this is Fujiwara no Nakahira's daughter, and Kudo identifies her as Fujiwara no Saneyori's daughter.

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			The winter volume, and the seasonal volumes as a whole, end with a love poem -- as Katagiri says, "This fits the GSS style perfectly." Another notable aspect of this poem is that it is a "love for someone not yet seen" poem, which the KKS and later Imperial collections collect in the early Love volumes. The GSS does not organize the Love volumes this way, but perhaps the inclusion of this poem at the end of the seasonal volume was intentional? There is also a connection to the close of other books -- the four main divisions (seasonal, love, miscellaneous, and the final two books) all end with end of year poems.

			Nakayama seems to read a secondary meaning in the final line, where ''hate-nu'' can also mean "not ending" (his laments are not ending).

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			関こゆる道とはなしにちかながら年にさはりて春をまつかな

			seki koyuru This is not a road
			miti to ha nasi ni Passing through a barrier gate,
			tika-nagara But though it is near
			tosi ni sahari-te While it is blocked by the year
			haru wo matu kana I await the spring.

			--

			Kifune labels this another ''haikai'' comic poem, casting the year as a barrier gate blocking the spring from coming. Barrier gates are a common feature of love poetry, which may add to the comic effect. He also raises the possibility of a hidden play on ''akeru'' meaning both "open [the gate]" and "dawn [of the new year]".

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	むばたまのよるのみふれる白雪はてる月影のつもりなりけり		むばたまのよるのみふれる白雪はてる月影のつもりなりけり

			mubatama no The white snow that falls
			yoru nomi hure-ru Only in the berry-black
			sirayuki ha Night time hours,
			teru tukikage no Is like the piling up of
			tumori nari-keri Light of the shining moon.

			--

			As Nakayama points out, the point of this poem is that the snow which falls only at night (and vanishes in the morning) is like moonlight.

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			むばたまのよるのみふれる白雪はてる月影のつもりなりけり

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			冬の池にすむにほどりのつれもなくしたにかよはむ人にしらすな

			huyu no ike ni On a winter pond
			sumu nihodori no Where the ''niodori'' lives
			ture mo naku Heedless of the cold
			sita ni kayohamu Going underneath the lake
			hito ni sirasu na Don't let anyone know it.

			--

			This is a modified version of KKS 662, which is in the third love volume. Typically this is analyzed as a preface poem, with the bird leading into ''turenasi'' (cold, describing the lover). Katagiri says the bird dives underwater to cross the ice, while other commentators make this like the other duck poems, where the bird is calm on the surface but furiously paddling underneath. The biggest question seems to be the third line. A number of KKS commentaries, and Nakayama, take the first section to simply lead into the ''ture mo naku'' meaning both "without a mate" (the bird) and "cold". However, Takeoka Masao rejects this idea, and other GSS commentators seem to agree with his reading. The bird is not affected by the cold, just as the poet is not affected by the lover.

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			春ちかくふる白雪はをぐら山峯にぞ花のさかりなりける

			haru tikaku Spring is closing in
			huru sirayuki ha And the falling white snow
			wogurayama On Ogura Mountain
			mine ni zo hana no On the peak there are flowers
			sakari nari-keru In the height of their bloom.

			--

			This is another snow=flowers poem. The poetic interest here comes from two factors. First, the use of Ogura Mountain -- usually this is a place known for autumn leaves. Here, the poet contrasts the "darkness" (''wogurasi'') of the mountain with the brightness of the blooming flowers. Second, the poet is going beyond the usual image of little bits of snow on the branches and exaggerating -- the piled up snow on the peak is like the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

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			としくれて春あけがたになりぬれば花のためしにまがふ白雪

			tosi kure-te In the year's sunset
			haru akegata ni As the dawning of the spring
			nari-nure-ba Has now arrived,
			hana no tamesi ni In imitation of flowers
			magahu sirayuki The befuddling white snow

			--

			Kifune sees the play of the "sunset" and "dawn" as marking this as a comic poem. This is presumably because the word ''kuru'' is commonly used both of the year and of the day, but ''akegata'' (dawn) is not typically used of a season. The themes are, once again, the approaching new year and the confusion of snow and flowers.

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	We have seen many examples of confusion of snow and flowers here. In this case, ''haru'' (spring) appears for the first time as we draw near to the end of the winter volume -- the poet knows that spring is coming, and so for a moment he sees the snow as the white plum blossoms. See KKS 335, 337.		We have seen many examples of confusion of snow and flowers here. In this case, ''haru'' (spring) appears for the first time as we draw near to the end of the winter volume -- the poet knows that spring is coming, and so for a moment he sees the snow as the white plum blossoms. See KKS 335, 337.

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			いつしかと山の桜もわがごとく年のこなたにはるをまつらん

			itu sika to "When will spring be here!"
			yama no sakura mo The mountain cherry blossoms
			waga gotoku The same as I do
			tosi no konata ni On this side of the new year
			haru wo matu-ran Seem to be waiting for spring.

			--

			While the poem is clearly taking place in winter, the nature of the imagery is not immediately clear. Perhaps we are supposed to fill in the blanks that the snow on the cherry branches looks like flowers, suggesting that the trees are impatiently waiting for spring to come. This may also have a love meaning, as suggested by poem 76 in the ''Kiyomasa Collection'':

			::花さかぬむめのたちえもわがごとやとしのこなたにはるを待つらん
			::The plum branches with no flowers blooming, like me, seem to be waiting on this side of the year for spring.

			This poem was sent to a woman who told him she would answer him after the new year.

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			年深くふりつむ雪を見る時ぞこしのしらねにすむ心ちする

			tosi hukaku This deep in the year
			huri-tumu yuki wo When I see the falling snow
			miru toki zo Piling up outside
			kosi no sirane ni I feel as if I'm living
			sumu kokoti suru On White Mountain in Koshi.

			--

			''Sirane'' or ''Sirayama'' is a mountain in Echizen (Koshi) known for snow. The idea here is that spring is approaching, and this person in the capital is surprised that snow is still piling up outside, making him feel that he lives in a rural mountain town.

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