Ono no Komachi

c. 825—c. 900) / Japan

Upon The Path Of Dreams

Upon the path of dreams
My feet don't rest,
Constantly trailing to you, yet
In reality, a single glimpse:
Not even that have I had of you.

Another translation by Kenneth Rexroth:

Although I come to you constantly
over the roads of dreams,
those nights of love
are not worth one waking touch of you.
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