To Whom Winter Comes Faster? (2) —The Second of 10 Chinese Poems on the Poor composed in the winter of 886 by Sugawara Michizane, the then Sanuki Province Governor—

To whom winter comes faster? To fugitives winter comes faster Those who have escaped from overdue taxes Are still to be accused of taxes here A short deer leather jacket is ragged And one room shelter makes it poorer A man with his baby and his wife Often begs, as they go