Sanekata Shū 152

On seeing a woman I loved sleeping.

うき事にゆめのみさむるよの中にうらやましくもねられたるかな

uki koto ni
yume nomi samuru
yo no naka ni
urayamasiku mo
neraretaru kana
A cruel thing it is that
From a dream we must awake
Within this world;
How I envy her
The soundness of her sleep.

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