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- Sankashu
Morotomo ni kage o naraburu hito mo are ya tsuki no morikuru sasa no iori ni
Would that there were someone to sit beside me, our shapes side by side in the moonlight, here in this hut of bamboo grass where the moon leaks in.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nakanaka ni kumoru to miete haruru yo no tsuki wa hikari no sou kokochi suru
On the contrary, on a night that seems about to cloud over and then clears again, the moon feels as if its light has grown even brighter.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Uki koto no tsuki no omote ni kakaredomo hayaku suguru wa ureshikarikeri
Though a wretched drifting cloud passes over the face of the moon, how glad I am that it goes by so quickly.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sugiyarade tsuki chikaku yuku ukigumo no tadayou miru wa wabishikarikeri
How it pains me to watch the drifting cloud linger near the moon, never quite passing on, floating there.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Itoedomo sasuga ni kumo no uchichirite tsuki no atari o hanarezarikeri
However much I dislike them, the clouds, scattering into shreds, still will not leave the moon's side.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo harau arashi ni tsuki no migakarete hikari ete sumu aki no sora kana
Polished by the storm wind that sweeps away the clouds, the moon gains new light and shines clear across the autumn sky.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kuma mo naki tsuki no hikari o nagamureba mazu Obasute no yama zo koishiki
When I gaze on the flawless moonlight, my heart turns first of all, with longing, to Mount Obasute.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki sayuru Akashi no seto ni kaze fukeba kōri no ue ni tatamu shiranami
When the wind blows over Akashi Strait, where the moonlight shines so cold and clear, white waves pile up fold upon fold over a sea that looks like ice.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ama no hara onaji iwato o izuredomo hikari kotonaru aki no yo no tsuki
Though it rises from the same rock gate in the wide heavens, how different is the light of the autumn night's moon.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kagiri naku nagori oshiki wa aki no yo no tsuki ni tomonau akebono no sora
What I find endlessly hard to part with is the dawn sky that comes, still keeping company with the autumn night's moon.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Koyoi wa to kokoroegao ni sumu tsuki no hikari motenasu kiku no shiratsuyu
The white dew on the chrysanthemums welcomes the light of the moon, which shines so clear as if it knew well that tonight is its night.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo kieshi aki no nakaba no sora yori mo tsuki wa koyoi zo na ni oerikeru
More than in the cloudless sky of mid-autumn, it is tonight that the moon truly lives up to its fame.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki mireba aki kuwawareru toshi wa mata akanu kokoro mo sora ni zo arikeru
When I look at the moon in a year that has gained an extra month of autumn, my heart, never sated, is once again up in the sky.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo kiyuru Nachi no takane ni tsuki takete hikari o nukeru taki no shiraito
With the clouds gone, the moon rides high above the peaks of Nachi, and the white threads of the falls string its light like jewels.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Idenagara kumo ni kakururu tsukikage o kasanete matsu ya Futamura no yama
Though the moon has risen, it hides behind the clouds, and here on Futamura Hill I must wait for it all over again.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aki no yo no isayou yama no ha nomi ka wa kumo no taema mo matare ya wa senu
On an autumn night, is it only the mountain rim where the moon lingers that I wait upon? How could I not wait as well for a break in the clouds?
Sankashu - Saigyō