'Tis the first snow

'Tis the first snow...  (1686)  by Matsuo Bashō, translated by William George Aston

Source: W. G. Aston. A history of Japanese literature, CHAPTER IV, 1899

* * * "'Tis the first snow— Just enough to bend The gladiolus leaves!" 1686, transl. 1899

Notes:

[IB] 初雪や水仙のはのたわむまで [275]

[HS] 初雪や水仙の葉のたわむまで [280]

（はつゆきやすいせんのはのたわむまで）

[RN] hatsu yuki ya / suisen no ha no / tawamu made

(IB-275, HS-280, JR-279) 1686