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Kokinshu #553
Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:06 Topic unknown.
I dozed, and saw him,
the one for whom I long,
and ever since then
I have begun relying
upon those things called dreams.
utatane ni
koishiki hito o
miteshi yori
yume chô mono wa
tanomi-someteki
---L.
I dozed, and saw him,
the one for whom I long,
and ever since then
I have begun relying
upon those things called dreams.
—10 November 2010
Original by Ono no Komachi. A little more creative with the syntax than my usual, but that seemed the best way to handle the repeated verb inflections of personal recollection, which give them a mild emphasis.utatane ni
koishiki hito o
miteshi yori
yume chô mono wa
tanomi-someteki
---L.