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- Kinyo Wakashu
Teru tsuki no hikari saeyuku yado nareba aki no mizu ni mo kōri inikeri
Because the light of the shining moon grows ever colder over this house, even the autumn water seems to have frozen over.
Yamanoha ni kumo no koromo o nugisutete hitori mo tsuki no tachinoboru kana
Casting off its robe of cloud at the mountain's rim, the moon rises all alone into the sky.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Ashine hai katsumi mo shigeki numamizu ni warinaku yadoru yowa no tsuki kana
In the marsh water where reed roots creep and katsumi grass grows thick, the midnight moon somehow still finds a place to be reflected.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Kagamiyama mine yori izuru tsuki nareba kumoru yo mo naki kage o koso mire
Because it is the moon rising from the peak of Mirror Mountain, I see its light unclouded on every night.
Kinyo Wakashu - The Lady Kii of Princess Yushi's Household
Inishie no naniwa no koto o omoiidete takatsu no miya ni tsuki no sumuramu
Perhaps remembering the Naniwa of long ago, the moon now shines clear and dwells at the site of the Takatsu Palace.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Moroyori
Kiku no ue ni tsuyu nakariseba ika ni shite koyoi no tsuki o yoru to shiramashi
If there were no dew on the chrysanthemums, how could I ever tell, under tonight's moon, that it is night at all?
Nagori naku yowa no arashi ni kumo harete kokoro no mama ni sumeru tsuki kana
The midnight storm has swept the clouds away without a trace, and the moon shines clear just as it pleases.
Mikasayama hikari o sashite ideshi yori kumorade akenu aki no yo no tsuki
Ever since it rose, shedding its light on Mount Mikasa, the autumn moon has shone without a cloud until the dawn.
Yado kara zo tsuki no hikari mo masarikeru yo no kumori naku sumeba narikeri
It is because of the house that the moonlight shines brighter: its master dwells here free from the clouds of the world, and so the moon too shines clear.
Kinyo Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ika nareba aki wa hikari no masaruramu onaji mikasa no yamanoha no tsuki
Why does its light shine brighter in autumn, when it is the same moon that always rises over the rim of Mount Mikasa?
Kinyo Wakashu - Yoen
Mikasayama morikuru tsuki no kiyokereba kami no kokoro mo sumi ya shinuramu
The moonlight slipping through the trees of Mount Mikasa is so pure that the heart of the god who guards the mountain must surely have grown clear as well.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Kasugayama mine yori izuru tsukikage wa saho no kawase no kōri narikeri
The light of the moon rising from the peak of Mount Kasuga has become the ice on the shallows of the Saho River.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Kuma mo naki kagami to miyuru tsukikage ni kokoro utsuranu hito wa araji na
In the moonlight that looks like a flawless mirror, surely there is no one whose heart is not reflected and drawn to it.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakamasa
Murakumo ya tsuki no kuma o ba nogouramu hare yuku mama ni terimasaru kana
Are the drifting clouds wiping away the moon's blemishes? As they clear, it shines brighter and brighter.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Todae shite hito mo kayowanu tanahashi wa tsuki bakari koso sumiwatarikere
On the broken plank bridge where no one passes anymore, only the moonlight crosses, shining clear as though it had made its home there.
Tsukikage no sasu ni makasete yuku fune wa akashi no ura ya tomari naruramu
The boat that sails on wherever the moonlight falls, poled along its path: will it come to anchor at the Bay of Akashi?