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- Sankashu
Yadoshi motsu tsuki no hikari no ooshisa wa ika ni iedomo Hirosawa no ike
The noble grandeur of the moonlight that the pond holds upon its waters is, whatever one may say, worthy of Hirosawa Pond.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ike ni sumu tsuki ni kakareru ukigumo wa harainokoseru misabi narikeri
The drifting cloud that crosses the moon shining clear in the pond is nothing but a patch of water rust left unswept.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mizu nakute kōri zo shitaru Katsumata no ike aratamuru aki no yo no tsuki
Though there is no water, ice seems to have formed: the autumn night's moon has made Katsumata Pond anew.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kiyomigata oki no iwa kosu shiranami ni hikari o kawasu aki no yo no tsuki
At Kiyomi Bay, the autumn night's moon trades its light with the white waves that break over the rocks offshore.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nabete nao tokoro no na o ya oshimuran Akashi wa wakite tsuki no sayakeki
Does the moon, after all, everywhere take care to live up to the name of each place? At Akashi, true to its bright name, the moon shines especially clear.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Naniwagata tsuki no hikari ni ura saete nami no omote ni kōri o zo shiku
At Naniwa Bay the whole cove grows cold and clear in the moonlight, and it seems as though a sheet of ice has been spread across the waves.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kuma mo naki tsuki no hikari ni sasowarete iku kumoi made yuku kokoro zo mo
Lured by the light of the flawless moon, how far beyond the distant clouds will my heart go wandering?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tare kinan tsuki no hikari ni sasowarete to omou ni yowa no akenu naru kana
I kept thinking that someone, lured by the moonlight, would surely come, and while I thought so, it seems the night has given way to dawn.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama no ha o izuru yoi yori shiruki kana koyoi shirasuru aki no yo no tsuki
From the very hour it rises over the mountain rim at dusk, it is plain to see: the autumn night's moon is telling us that tonight is the night.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kazoenedo koyoi no tsuki no keshiki nite aki no nakaba o sora ni shiru kana
Without counting the days, I know from the look of tonight's moon that it is the very middle of autumn; the sky itself tells me so.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ama no gawa na ni nagaretaru kai arite koyoi no tsuki wa koto ni sumikeri
True to the fame of the River of Heaven flowing through the sky, tonight's moon shines especially clear.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sayaka naru kage nite shirushi aki no tsuki toyo ni amareru itsuka narikeri
By its brilliant light the autumn moon makes itself plain: it is the moon of ten days and five more, the fifteenth night.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Uchitsuke ni mata kon aki no koyoi made tsuki yue oshiku naru inochi kana
All of a sudden, for the sake of the moon, my life has grown dear to me, so that I long to live until this night comes round again next autumn.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aki wa tada koyoi hitoyo no na narikeri onaji kumoi ni tsuki wa sumedomo
The name of autumn belongs to this one night alone, though the moon shines clear in the same sky on other nights too.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Oi mo senu jūgo no toshi mo aru mono o koyoi no tsuki no kakaramashikaba
There is the age of fifteen, too young to know growing old; if only tonight's moon of the fifteenth could stay like that, unchanging.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki mireba kage naku kumo ni tsutsumarete koyoi narazuba yami ni miemashi
When I look for the moon, it is wrapped in clouds with no light showing; were it not this night of all nights, it would have looked to me like nothing but darkness.
Sankashu - Saigyō