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