栄えい華がの夢ゆめ

expression, noun

visions of glory; evanescent glory

A literary set phrase evoking the fleeting nature of worldly splendor and success, often with a Buddhist or historical overtone. Used to describe ambitions or past glories that fade like a dream.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、栄えい華がの夢ゆめを追おいかけて都みやこへ出でた。

  In his youth, he left for the capital chasing visions of glory.

• 戦せん国ごく武ぶ将しょうたちの栄えい華がの夢ゆめも、今いまは昔むかしの物もの語がたりに過すぎない。

  The dreams of glory of the Sengoku warlords are now nothing more than old tales.