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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 96

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住吉のきしによる波夜さへや夢のかよひ路人めよくらむ

sumiyoshi no
kishi ni yoru nami
yoru sae ya
yume no kayoiji
hitome yokuramu
On Sumiyoshi’s
Shore break waves;
Even at night
Upon the path of dreams
Can we avoid others’ prying eyes?

186

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夕附夜おぼろに人を見てしより天雲はれぬ心地こそすれ

yūzukuyo
oboro ni hito o
miteshi yori
amagumo harenu
kokochi koso sure
On a moonlit evening
Faintly, a lady
Did I see, and ever since
Heaven’s clouds, unclearing,
Weigh on my feelings…

187

KKS XII: 569

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

わびぬればしひて忘れむと思へども夢てふものぞ人だのめなる

wabinureba
siFite wasuremu to
omoFedomo
yume teFu mono zo
Fito danome naru
I suffered, so
To make myself forget you
I did think, yet
Dreams are such that
They raise one’s hopes…

Fujiwara no Okikaze