Ono no Komachi: Dream

Ono no Komachi was Japanese poet. Explore interesting quotes on dream.

Ono no Komachi: 30 quotes1 like

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

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, Women Poets of Japan (1982), p. 15

“I fell asleep thinking of him,
and he came to me.
If I had known it was only a dream
I would never have awakened.”

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, Women Poets of Japan (1982), p. 14

“Following the roads
Of dream to you, my feet
Never rest. But one glimpse of you
In reality would be
Worth all these many nights of love.”

Source: Kenneth Rexroth's translations, One Hundred More Poems from the Japanese (1976), p. 33

“Thinking about him
I slept, only to have him
Appear before me—
Had I known it was a dream,
I should never have wakened.”

Source: Donald Keene's Anthology of Japanese Literature (1955), p. 78