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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Nagame shite suginishi kata o omou ma ni mine yori mine ni tsuki wa utsurinu
While, lost in reverie, I thought of the days gone by, the moon moved on from one peak to the next.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Prince Kakushō
Aki no yo no tsuki ni kokoro o nagusamete ukiyo ni toshi no tsumorinuru kana
Consoling my heart with the moon on autumn nights, I have let the years pile up in this sorrowful world.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitsune
Aki o hete tsuki o nagamuru mi to nareri isoji no yami o nani nagekuran
Through many autumns I have become one who gazes upon the moon—why, then, should I grieve over the darkness of my fifty years?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jien
Nagamete mo musoji no aki wa suginikeri omoeba kanashi yama no ha no tsuki
Though I spent them gazing at the moon, sixty autumns have passed—when I think of it, how sad it is, the moon on the mountain rim.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takanobu
Kokoro aru hito nomi aki no tsuki o miba nani o ukimi no omoide ni sen
If only those with a feeling heart were to look upon the autumn moon, what would a wretched one like me have to remember?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Mitsuyuki
Mi no usa o tsuki ya aranu to nagamureba mukashi nagara no kage zo morikuru
When, in my sorrow, I gaze at the moon, asking, "Is this not the moon of old?"—its light seeps in just as it did long ago.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Nijoin no Sanuki
Ariake no tsuki yori hoka wa tare o ka wa yamaji no tomo to chigiri oku beki
Other than the moon lingering at dawn, whom could I pledge to be my companion on the path into the mountains?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jakuchō
Miyako naru aretaru yado ni munashiku ya tsuki ni tazunuru hito kaeruran
I wonder whether someone, drawn by the moon, has come calling at my ruined house in the capital, only to go home again disappointed.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ōe no Yoshitoki
Omoiyare nani o shinobu to nakeredomo miyako oboyuru ariake no tsuki
Imagine how I feel—though there is nothing in particular I long for, the moon lingering at dawn brings the capital to mind.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Prince Koreakira
Ariake no onaji nagame wa kimi mo toe miyako no hoka mo aki no yamazato
You should be the one to ask about my gazing at the same dawn moon—for it is not only beyond the capital; here, too, is an autumn mountain village.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Princess Shokushi
Ama no to o oshiakegata no kumoma yori kamiyo no tsuki no kage zo nokoreru
Through a rift in the clouds at dawn, as though the heavenly rock door were being pushed open, the light of the moon from the age of the gods still lingers.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Kumo o nomi tsuraki mono tote akasu yo no tsuki yo kozue ni ochikata no yama
All night I thought only the clouds were cruel for hiding you—yet now, O moon, you hang in the treetops, sinking toward the distant hills.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadatsune
Iriyarade yo o oshimu tsuki no yasurai ni honobono akuru yama no ha zo uki
While the moon lingers, not quite setting, as though loath to let the night go, the mountain rim grows faintly light—how cruel it is.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yasusue
Ayashiku zo kaesa wa tsuki no kumorinishi mukashigatari ni yo ya fukeniken
Strangely enough, on my way home the moon had clouded over—had the night grown late as we talked of long ago?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Gyōhen
Furusato no yado moru tsuki ni koto towan ware o ba shiru ya mukashi sumiki to
I will speak to the moon that keeps my old home, seeping through its roof: "Do you know me? I once lived here long ago."
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Jakuchō
Sudakiken mukashi no hito wa kage taete yado moru mono wa ariake no tsuki
The people who must once have gathered here in throngs have vanished without a trace—all that keeps this place, seeping through its eaves, is the moon at dawn.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Taira no Tadamori