Too cold to settle between the beddings
I see the window brightened up, almost blinding
It is the heavy snow, deep in the night
Occasionally cracking some bamboo upright
~ Translated by Dot, from Bai Juyi’s “Snow At Night,” written in the Tang dynasty
已訝衾枕冷
復見窗户明
夜深知雪重
時聞折竹聲
~ 白居易 (唐代) <<夜雪>>