English poem
Poem 67 (1Haru no yo no…)
by Suō no Naishi (1037–1109)
1Haru no yo no Yume bakari naru 1Te-makura ni Kainaku tatan Na koso oshi kere. f I had made thy proffered arm 1A pillow for my head For but the moment’s time, in which 1A summer’s dream had fled, 1What would the world have said?