Spring rain is falling
On the wings of the wild geese
As they return north,
Wings that drooped when they struggled
Through a sky laden with frost.
From: https://www.gwern.net/docs/japanese/teika
Date: 1197 (original in Japanese); 1999 (translation in English)
By: Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241)
Translated by: Donald Keene (1922- )
From Troubles of The World 