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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Matsushima ya shio kumu ama no aki no sode tsuki wa mono omou narai nomi ka wa
The autumn sleeves of the salt-gatherers at Matsushima: is the moon the property of brooders alone?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Kamo no Chomei
Koto towamu Nojima ga saki no amagoromo nami to tsuki to ni ikaga shioruru
I would ask the fishers' robes at the cape of Nojima: is it the waves or the moon that leaves them wet?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Dainagon of Shichijoin
Aki no yo no tsuki ya Ojima no ama no hara akegata chikaki oki no tsuribune
Shall I not grieve to lose the autumn moon over the fishers' plain at Ojima? Daybreak is near, and the fishing boats are out on the offing.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Ietaka
Ukimi ni wa nagamuru kai mo nakarikeri kokoro ni kumoru aki no yo no tsuki
For one whose life is hard there is no use in gazing: the autumn moon clouds over inside the heart.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Izuku ni ka koyoi no tsuki no kumorubeki Ogura no yama mo nao ya kauramu
Where could tonight's moon be clouded? Even Ogura, whose name means the dim place, must be changing its name.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Oe no Chisato
Kokoro koso akugarenikere aki no yo no yofukaki tsuki o hitori mishi yori
It is my heart that has gone wandering, ever since the night I looked alone at the late moon of autumn.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Michinari
Kawaraji na shiru mo shiranu mo aki no yo no tsuki matsu hodo no kokoro bakari wa
It must be the same in all of us, strangers and acquaintances alike: the heart, at least, while we wait for the autumn moon.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Joto Mon-in no Koshosho
Tanometaru hito wa nakeredo aki no yo wa tsuki mite nubeki kokochi koso sene
There is no one who has given me cause to expect him; and on an autumn night I cannot bring myself to look at the moon and then go to sleep.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Izumi Shikibu
Miru hito no sode o zo shioru aki no yo wa tsuki ni ikanaru kage ka souramu
It soaks the sleeves of those who look: on autumn nights, what light can it be that is added to the moon?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Norinaga
Mi ni soeru kage to koso mire aki no tsuki sode ni utsuranu ori shi nakereba
I take it for a light that goes with me: the autumn moon, since there is never an hour when it is not reflected on my sleeve.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Sagami
Tsukikage no sumiwataru kana ama no hara kumo fukiharau yowa no arashi ni
The moonlight is clear from end to end of the sky, for a midnight storm has swept the clouds away.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Tatsutayama yowa ni arashi no matsu fukeba kumo ni wa utoki mine no tsukikage
When the midnight storm blows through the pines on Tatsuta, the moon above the ridge has nothing to do with cloud.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Michiteru
Akikaze ni tanabiku kumo no taema yori moreizuru tsuki no kage no sayakesa
Through a break in the cloud that trails on the autumn wind, the moonlight comes leaking out: how clear it is.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Yama no ha ni kumo no yokogiru yoi no ma wa idete mo tsuki zo nao matarekeru
While a cloud is crossing the ridge in the early night, the moon may rise and I find I am waiting for it still.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - The Monk Doin
Nagametsutsu omou ni nururu tamoto kana ikuyo ka wa mimu aki no yo no tsuki
Gazing at it, the thought alone wets my sleeve: how many more nights am I to see the autumn moon?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Inpumon-in no Taifu
Yoi no ma ni sate mo nubeki tsuki naraba yama no ha chikaki mono wa omowaji
If it were a moon one could look at in the early night and then sleep, I should not fret at how near the ridge it has come.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Princess Shokushi