Feeling hard to settle between the cold beddings
I see the window illuminated by something bright, almost blinding
It is heavy snow deep in the night
Occasionally cracking some bamboo upright
~ Translated 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>>