A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
わびぬればしひて忘れむと思へども夢てふものぞ人だのめなる
| wabinureba siFite wasuremu to omoFedomo yume teFu mono zo Fito danome naru | I suffered, so To make myself forget you I did think, yet Dreams are such that They raise one’s hopes… |
Fujiwara no Okikaze