Topic unknown.
限なき思ひのままによるもこむゆめぢをさへに人はとがめじ
kagiri naki
omoFi no mama ni
yoru mo komu
yumedi wo saFe ni
Fito Fa togamezi
Without end
Do I think of you and so
Come to me at night.
For on the path of dreams at least,
There’s no one to disapprove!
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
うつつにはさもこそあらめ夢にさへ人めを守ると見るがわびしさ
ututu ni Fa
sa mo koso arame
yume ni saFe
Fitome wo moru to
miru ga wabisisa
In reality
You must do it, I suppose;
But even in my dreams, too,
Hiding from prying eyes,
To see you do that pains me so.
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
秋の夜も名のみなりけり逢ふといへば事ぞともなく明けぬるものを
aki no yo mo
na nomi narikeri
aFu to iFeba
koto zo tomonaku
akenuru mono wo
Autumn nights :
They’re not worth the name!
For when we met,
Nothing happened, save
Dawn breaking.
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
見るめなきわが身をうらとしらねばやかれなであまのあしたゆくくる
miru me naki
wa ga mi wo ura to
siraneba ya
karenade ama no
asi tayuku kuru
No exchange of glances-a barren beach-
How I hate myself for it!
Doesn’t he realise it,
Heedless of distance, the fisherman,
Coming and going on weary legs?
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Her reply:
おろかなる涙ぞそでに玉はなす我はせきあへずたきつせなれば
oroka naru
namida zo sode ni
tama Fa nasu
ware Fa sekiaFezu
tagituse nareba
How hollow
Are tears upon a sleeve
In gemlets;
For mine cannot be dammed
As a surging flood!
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
いとせめてこひしき時はむばたまの夜の衣をかへしてぞきる
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
うたたねにこひしき人をみてしよりゆめてふ物はたのみそめてき
utatane ni
koFisiki Fito wo
mitesi yori
yume teFu mono Fa
tanomisometeki
As I dozed
The man I love
Appeared, so
It is dreams that
Have begun to comfort me.
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
思ひつつぬればや人の見えつらむ夢としりせばさめざらましを
omoFitutu
nureba ya Fito no
mieturan
yume to siriseba
samezaramasi wo
Was I lost in thoughts of love
When I closed my eyes? He
Appeared, and
Had I known it for a dream
I would not have awakened.
Ono no Komachi (Fl. ca. 833-857)
小野小町
Topic unknown.
花の色はうつりにけりないたづらにわが身世にふるながめせしまに
Fana no iro Fa
uturi ni keri na
itadura ni
waga mi yo ni Furu
nagame sesi ma ni
The colour of this flower
Has already faded away,
While in idle thoughts
My life goes by,
As I watch the long rains fall.
Ono no Komachi (Fl. ca. 833-857)
小野小町
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