Fujiwara no Toshiyuki

In the Bay of Sumi
The waves crowd on the beach.
Even in the night
By the corridors of dreams,
I come to you secretly.

Sumi no e no
Kishi ni yoru nami
Yoru saw ya
Yume no kayoi ji
Hito me yokuramu


- translated by Kenneth Rexroth
from One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

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