SKKS XIX: 1905

Composed at Kitano and presented.

さめぬればおもひあはせてねをぞなく心づくしの古の夢

samenureba
omoi awasete
ne o zo naku
kokoro zukushi no
inishie no yume
When I awake
And think on it,
I can but weep,
For it frays away my heart,
The dream of times long past.

Former Abbot Jien
慈円

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