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- Shika Wakashu
Tsuki wa iri hito wa idenaba tomariite hitori ya waga sora o nagamemu
When the moon has set and you have gone, shall I be left behind, gazing alone at the sky?
Shika Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Ikemizu ni yadoreru tsuki wa sore nagara nagamuru hito no kage zo kawareru
The moon reflected in the pond is just as it was; it is the one who gazes at it whose face has changed.
Yo no naka o omoi na iri so Mikasayama sashiizuru tsuki no sumamu kagiri wa
Do not brood so deeply over this world, so long as the moon rising over Mount Mikasa shines clear.
Shika Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Tsuki kiyomi tanaka ni tateru kariio no kage bakari koso kumori narikere
So clear is the moon that the shadow of the little hut standing in the rice fields is the only cloud in all the night.
Shika Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Suminoboru tsuki no hikari ni sasowarete kumo no ue made yuku kokoro kana
Drawn by the light of the moon rising so clear, my heart goes climbing all the way above the clouds.
Itama yori tsuki no moru o mo mitsuru kana yado wa arashite sumu bekarikeri
I have even seen the moonlight leaking in through the gaps in the roof boards; how right it is to live in a house left to go to ruin.
Shika Wakashu - Ryōzen
Kuma mo naku Shinoda no mori no shita harete chie no kazu sae miyuru tsukikage
Leaving not a shadow, the moonlight brightens the forest of Shinoda down to its floor, so that even the thousand branches of its camphor tree can be counted.
Sabishisa ni iede shinu beki yamazato o koyoi no tsuki ni omoitomarinu
This mountain village was so lonely I was on the point of leaving it, but tonight's moon has made me change my mind.
Shika Wakashu - Minamoto no Michinari
Yuku hito mo ama no to wataru kokochi shite kumo no namiji ni tsuki o miru kana
Even a traveler feels as though crossing the gate of heaven, as I watch the moon along the waves of cloud.
Kimi matsu to yama no ha idete yama no ha ni iru made tsuki o nagametsuru kana
Waiting for you, I gazed at the moon from the moment it rose above the mountain ridge until it set behind the ridge again.
Ika nareba matsu ni wa izuru tsuki naredo iru o kokoro ni makasezaruramu
Why is it that the moon, though it comes out if only I wait, will not leave its setting to my heart's wish?
Shika Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Kokoromi ni hoka no tsuki o mo miteshi kana waga yadokara no aware naru ka to
I would like, just as a test, to see the moon from somewhere else, to learn whether it is the charm of my own dwelling that makes it so moving.
Shika Wakashu - Retired Emperor Kazan
Urameshiku kaerikeru kana tsukuyo ni wa konu hito o dani matsu to koso kike
How bitter that you went home! On a moonlit night, I have heard, people wait even for someone who will not come.
Shika Wakashu - Prince Tomohira
Kaguyama no shirakumo kakaru mine nite mo onaji takasa zo tsuki wa miekeru
Even from the peak of Mount Kagu, where white clouds hang, the moon appeared just as high as ever.
Shika Wakashu - Ōe no Yoshitoki
Yomosugara Fuji no takane ni kumo kiete Kiyomi ga seki ni sumeru tsuki kana
All night long the clouds have vanished from the lofty peak of Fuji, and how clear the moon shines over Kiyomi Barrier!
Shika Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Yamashiro no Iwata no mori no iwazu tomo kokoro no uchi o terase tsukikage
Though I say nothing, like the name of Iwata Forest in Yamashiro, shine into the depths of my heart, O moonlight.