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- Kinyo Wakashu
Morotomo ni kusaba no tsuyu no okiizu wa hitori ya mimashi aki no yo no tsuki
If the dew on the blades of grass did not stay awake with me, would I be left to gaze alone at the autumn night's moon?
Itsuwari ni nari zo shinubeki tsukikage o kono miru bakari hito ni kataraba
It would surely sound like a lie if I described this moonlight to others exactly as I see it now.
Ware koso wa akashi no seto ni tabine seme onaji mizu ni mo yadoru tsuki kana
It is I, the traveler, who should spend the night at the strait of Akashi; yet in the very same water the moon too has taken lodging.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Ikemizu ni koyoi no tsuki o utsushi mote kokoro no mama ni waga mono to miru
Catching tonight's moon reflected in the pond, I gaze on it to my heart's content, as though it were my very own.
Kinyo Wakashu - Retired Emperor Shirakawa
Teru tsuki no iwama no mizu ni yadorazu wa tama iru kazu o ikade shiramashi
Had the shining moon not been reflected in the water among the rocks, how could I ever have counted the jewel-like drops gathered there?
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Izuku ni mo koyoi no tsuki o miru hito no kokoro ya onaji sora ni sumuramu
Wherever they may be, do the hearts of all who gaze at tonight's moon grow clear alike and dwell in the same sky?
Hiku koma no kazu yori hoka ni mietsuru wa seki no shimizu no kage ni zo arikeru
What made the horses being led seem more than their number was their reflections in the clear spring by the barrier.
Azumaji o haruka ni izuru mochizuki no koma ni koyoi ya ausaka no seki
The horses of Mochizuki, setting out from afar on the eastern road: will we meet them tonight, under the full moon, at the Barrier of Meeting, Ōsaka?
Sayakesa wa omoinashi ka to tsukikage o koyoi to shiranu hito ni towabaya
Is the moon's brilliance only my imagination? I would like to ask about this moonlight someone who does not know that tonight is the night of the full moon.
Aki wa nao nokori ōkaru toshi naredo koyoi no tsuki no na koso oshikere
Though much of autumn still remains this year, it is the name of tonight's moon, the bright moon, that I am sorry to lose.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Kumo no nami kakaranu sayo no tsukikage o kiyotakigawa ni utsushite zo miru
On a night untouched by waves of cloud, I watch the moonlight reflected in the clear Kiyotaki River.
Kinyo Wakashu - Taikenmon-in no Horikawa
Suminoboru kokoro ya sora o harauramu kumo no chiri inu aki no yo no tsuki
Is it my heart, rising ever clearer, that has swept the sky clean? Not a speck of cloud-dust mars the moon on this autumn night.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Tsuki o mite omou kokoro no mama naraba yukue mo shirazu akugarenamashi
If I let myself follow the feelings that rise as I gaze at the moon, I would wander off, not knowing where I was going.
Kinyo Wakashu - Kyōgoku Kanpaku-ke no Higo
Ika ni shite shigarami kakemu amanogawa nagaruru tsuki ya shibashi yodomu to
How can I set a weir across the River of Heaven, so that the moon flowing along it might pause for just a while?
Koyoi ware katsura no sato no tsuki o mite omoi nokoseru koto no naki kana
Tonight, gazing at the moon from the village of Katsura, I have nothing left to wish for.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Kumori naki kage o todomeba yamanoha ni iru tomo tsuki o oshimazaramashi
If I could keep its cloudless light here with me, I would not grieve for the moon even as it sinks behind the mountain's rim.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane