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I looked at her as she looked at me:
We looked and stood a moment,
Between Life and Dream.
We never met since:
Yet oft I stand
In the primrose path
Where Life meets Dream.
Oh that Life could
Melt into Dream
Instead of Dream
Is constantly
Chased away by Life!
— Dec 08, 2025 07:56AM
We looked and stood a moment,
Between Life and Dream.
We never met since:
Yet oft I stand
In the primrose path
Where Life meets Dream.
Oh that Life could
Melt into Dream
Instead of Dream
Is constantly
Chased away by Life!
neither finding money, nor dying
初夢や金も拾はず死にもせず
hatsuyume ya kane mo hirowazu shinimosezu
heaven and earth in easy harmony—
the first haze of spring
天と地の打ち解けり初霞
ten to chi no uchitokekeri na hatsugasumi