夢ぢには

[ Hayao Miyazaki: Princesa Mononoke ]

夢ぢには
あしもやすめず
かよへども
うつつにひとめ
見しごとはあらず


Though I go to you
ceaselessly along dream paths,
the sum of those trysts
is less than a single glimpse
granted in the waking world.

Ono no Komachi (ca. 850 E.C.)