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