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Hyakunin Isshu: poem 22 (Fun'ya no Yasuhide・fuku karani)

Gust of wind carries leaves from the trees, giving the name of storm to the mountain wind.    

Hyakunin Isshu: poem 16 (Ariwara no Yukihira・tachiwakare)

Note that though we may be apart, if I am to hear that you pine for me as the Inaba mountain pines, I shall return to you.