Thursday, March 27, 2008

Japanese Love Poem

Ono no Komachi

Original Japanese:
夢ぢには
あしもやすめず
かよへども
うつつにひとめ
見しごとはあらず

Romaji:
yumeji ni wa
ashi mo yasumezu
kayoedomo
utsutsu ni hitome
mishigoto wa arazu

English Translation:
Though I go to you
ceaselessly along dream paths,
the sum of those trysts
is less than a single glimpse
granted in the waking world.

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