さくらばなさくとみし間に散りにけり夢かうつつか春の山風
| sakurabana saku to mishi ma ni chirinikeri yume ka utsutsu ka haru no yamakaze | The cherry blossom Had but bloomed before my eyes, when They scattered— Was it a dream, or reality: That spring breeze from the mountains? |
Tag Archives: dream
SIS XVIII: 1206
She had this written as a reply when Middle Counsellor Taira no Korenaka sent her a letter for the first time in a long while.
夢とのみ思ひなりにし世中を何いまさらにおどろかすらん
| yume to nomi omoinarinishi yo no naka o nani imasara ni odorokasuran | Simply as a dream Had I come to think Of us, so Why now of all times Should I be so intrigued? |
The Daughter of Takashina no Narinaka
KKS XII: 608
Topic unknown.
君をのみ思ひねにねし夢なればわが心から見つるなりけり
| kimi wo nomi omoFine ni nesi yume nareba wa ga kokoro kara mituru narikeri | You, alone, it was I loved when I fell asleep and Dreamed of you, but It was my heart’s longing That I did see. |
Mitsune
SKKS XV: 1384
Topic unknown.
ぬる夢にうつつのうさもわすられておもひなぐさむほどぞはかなき
| nuru yume ni utsutsu no usa mo wasurarete omoinagusamu hodo zo hakanaki | On appearing in a dream, then Reality’s cold cruelties I will forget, and Be comforted For a brief, empty moment. |
Princess Yoshiko, Junior Consort
KYS VII: 354
Composed when people were instructed to compose love poems at the residence of Lord Akisue.
あふと見てうつつのかひはなけれどもはかなき夢ぞいのちなりける
| aFu to mite ututu no kaFi Fa nakeredomo Fakanaki yume zo inoti narikeru | Glimpsing a meeting Upon this reality has no effect At all, yet A brief dream Is my whole life. |
Lord Fujiwara no Akisuke
Kinkai wakashū 34
After I had had various people compose on the scent of plum carried on the breeze.
梅がかをゆめの枕にさそひきてさむるまちける春の山風
| ume ga ka o yume no makura ni sasoikite samuru machikeru haru no yamakaze | The scent of plum To my pillow, where I lay dreaming Was beckoned— Waiting ‘til I awakened did The mountain breeze in springtime. |
SKKS III: 256
GSS II: 76
Sanuki no suke no nikki 11
SZS III: 175
Composed on the conception of a pillow scented with orange blossom.
をりしもあれ花たちばなのかをるかなむかしをみつる夢の枕に
| orishi mo are hanatachibana no kaoru kana mukashi o mitsuru yume no makura ni | In days gone by and yet now still Orange blossoms Do I scent! A love long gone I glimpse when Dreaming on my pillow. |
Fujiwara no Kinhira