On suddenly seeing someone who had lain down to sleep on the bridge, the Provisional Minor Captain, said:
うたゝねの橋とも今宵見ゆるかな
| utatane no Fasi to mo koyoFi miyuru kana |
‘The Bridge of Fitful Sleep’ tonight It seems to be! |
I replied:
夢路に渡す名にこそありけれ
| yumedi ni watasu na ni koso arikere |
Only in dreams across it Could you go, ‘tis said. |