Was I lost in thoughts of love

Ono no KomachiOno no Komachi

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omo Fitutu
nureba ya Fito no
mieturan
yume to siriseba
samezaramasi woWas I lost in thoughts of love
When I closed my eyes? He
Appeared, and
Had I known it for a dream
I would not have awakened.
Ono no Komachi
About the poet

Ono no Komachi

c. 825 – c. 900 (?)/JapaneseLike Ariwara no Narihira, the legends have eclipsed the historical Ono no Komachi. Her poetry dates from the period 833-857, and she seems to have engaged in poetic exchanges with contemporaries such as Fun'ya no Yasuhide, Archbish…

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