Sankashū III: 1256

[One of] ten poems on love.

さりと夜とほのかに人を見つれども覚えぬ夢の心地こそすれ

sari to yo to
honka ni hito o
mitsuredomo
oboenu yume no
kokochi koso sure
So it was that with the night
Briefly did
I see her, yet
As a dream I cannot recall
Do I feel it was…

Saigyō
西行

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