To Whom Winter Comes Faster? (6) —The Sixth 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 horse drivers winter comes faster Days go by without eating Years are spent sending passengers Thin clothes let winds cause colds Quitting jobs just makes them poorer Skinny horses unwillingly make a journey The drivers themselves often get whipped