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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

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

KKS XII: 559

A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.

住の江のきしによる波夜さへや夢のかよひ路人めよくらむ

suminoe no
kisi ni yoru nami
yoru saFe ya
yume no kayoFidi
Fitome yokuramu
On Suminoe’s
Shore break waves;
Even at night
Upon the path of dreams
Can we avoid others’ prying eyes?

Lord Fujiwara no Toshiyuki

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SKKS V: 484

On the conception of fulling cloth.

ちたびうつきぬたの音にゆめさめて物おもふ袖に露ぞくだくる

chitabi utsu
kinuta no oto ni
yume samete
mono’omou sode ni
tsuyu zo kudakuru
A thousand times striking
The fulling block—the sound
Wakes me from my dreams
In gloomy thought, while upon my sleeves
Dewdrops are scattered, indeed!

Princess Shokushi

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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.
Created with Soan.

Teiji-in uta’awase 29

Left

うつつにもゆめにもひとによるしあへばくれゆくばかりうれしきはなし

utsutsu ni mo
yume ni mo hito ni
yoru shi aeba
kureyuku bakari
ureshiki wa nashi
In reality and
In dreams both, ‘tis her
I meet at night, so
Until the twilight comes
I have no joy, at all.

Mitsune
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Right (Win)

たまもかるあまとはなしにきみこふるわがころもでのかわくときなき

tamamo karu
ama to wa nashi ni
kimi kouru
wa ga koromode no
kawaku toki naki
Reaping gemweed,
A seaman, I am not, but
Loving you, my lady,
My sleeves are
Dry for not a moment.

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