Ono No Komachi Quotes & Sayings

Though we knew each other without overlapping our clothes, still, with this autumn wind's sound, I find myself waiting for you. — Ono No Komachi

What is it about this twilight hour? Even the sound of a barely perceptible breeze pierces the heart. — Ono No Komachi

Is this love reality
Or a dream?
I cannot know,
When both reality and dreams
Exist without truly existing. — Ono No Komachi

I long for him most
during these hot moonless nights.
I lie awake, hot,
the growing fires of passion
bursting, blazing in my heart. — Ono No Komachi

A thing which fades With no outward sign- Is the flower Of the heart of man In this world! — Ono No Komachi

Undisturbed, my garden fills with summer growth - how I wish for one who would push the deep grass aside. — Ono No Komachi

Tears that but form gems on sleeves
must come, I think,
from an insincere heart,
for mine, though I seek to repress them,
gush forth in torrents. — Ono No Komachi

When my desire
grows too fierce
I wear my bed clothes
inside out,
dark as the night's rough husk. — Ono No Komachi

However wildly
this year's cherry blossoms bloom,
I'll see them
with the plum's scent
filling my heart. — Ono No Komachi