Suwo no Naishi: Haru no yo no

[ZaunköniG]

SUWO NO NAISHI
ca. 1037(?)–1109(?) Japan


春の夜の 夢ばかりなる 手枕に
かひなくたたむ 名こそをしけれ


Haru no yo no
Yume bakari naru
  Te-makura ni
Kainaku tatan
Na koso oshi kere.


IF I had made thy proffered arm
  A pillow for my head
For but the moment's time, in which
  A summer's dream had fled,
  What would the world have said?


Nähme ich den Arm
als Kissen für meinen Kopf,
nur für den Moment,
da der Traum des Sommers flieht,
was sagte die Welt dazu?



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