To Whom Winter Comes Faster? (8) —The Eighth 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 fishermen winter comes faster Not able to harvest crops on land They age alone on a lonely boat Dreading fish lines may snap They put bait to scarcely support their life Selling fishes to cover taxes They’re always concerned about winds and skies