Ono no Komachi Poems

Was I lost in thoughts of love
When I closed my eyes? He
Appeared, and
Had I known it for a dream
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I long for him most
during these long moonless nights.
I lie awake, hot,
the growing fires of passion
...

The colour of this flower
Has already faded away,
While in idle thoughts
My life goes by,
...

Upon the path of dreams
My feet don't rest,
Constantly trailing to you, yet
In reality, a single glimpse:
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Visible colours (Invisible passions)
Fade from
This world's
Human hearts
...

Fisher folk live
In villages; where
I know not, yet
Constant complaints to see the shore
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Without end
Do I think of you and so
Come to me at night.
For on the path of dreams at least,
...

In reality
You must do it, I suppose;
But even in my dreams, too,
Hiding from prying eyes,
...

When my desire
grows too fierce
I wear my bedclothes
inside out,
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Blossoms blooming
Yet making no seed are
The sea-god's
Garlanded
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