古今和歌集

Poem 1 (by Ariwara no Motokata):

• 年の内に春は来にけりひととせを去年とやいはむ今年とやいはむ
  • toshi no uchi ni haru wa kinikeri hitotose o kozo to ya iwan kotoshi to ya iwan
  • Spring has come within the year! Should this be called "last year" or "this year"?[1]

Poem 1100 (by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason):

• ちはやぶる賀茂の社の姫小松万代経とも色はかはらじ
  
  • chihayaburu Kamo-no-yashiro no hime-komatsu yorozuyo fu to mo iro wa kawaraji
  • Let the white pines at the famous Kamo Shrine never change their color for eternity.