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Poem 67 from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

 

   haru no yo no

yume bakari naru

   tamakura ni

kainaku tatamu

na koso oshikere

 

   If on this spring night,

insubstantial as a dream,

   I took as my pillow

your arm, I would surely regret

the harm that would befall my name.

For notes and more poems, start here.

 

 

 

 

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