かささぎの
渡せる橋に
置く霜の
白きを見れば
夜ぞふけにける
If I see that bridge
That is spanned by flights of magpies
Across the arc of heaven
Made white with a deep-laid frost,
Then the night is almost past
— Otomo no Yakamochi
渡せる橋に
置く霜の
白きを見れば
夜ぞふけにける
If I see that bridge
That is spanned by flights of magpies
Across the arc of heaven
Made white with a deep-laid frost,
Then the night is almost past
— Otomo no Yakamochi