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Yamabe no Akahito (700-736), was a court poet. This tanka is #4 in the classic Japanese anthology, One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, written around 1237 AD.
My Translation
By Yamabe no Akahito
At Tago Bay
I’m hit by the sight of
The white cloth
On Fuji’s peak—
Snow is falling
Original Japanese
山部赤人
田子の浦に
うちいでて見れば
白妙の
富士の高嶺に
雪はふりつつ
Pronunciation
Yama-be no Aka-hito
Ta-go no ura ni
Uchi idete mireba
Shiro-tae no
Fuji no taka-ne ni
Yuki wa furitsutsu
Literal Translation
Tago’s Bay at
Hit come out see
White cloth’s
Fuji’s peak at
Snow falling