夏の夜はまだよひながらあけぬるを
雲のいづこに月はやどらむ
雲のいづこに月はやどらむ
- Roma-ji
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Natsu no yo wa mada yoi nagara akenuru o
kumo no izuko ni tsuki wa yadoramu - English Translation
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In a summer night,
still thinking it early eve,
dawn has already come—
in what part of the clouds now
does the moon find its lodging?
- Meaning
- On a summer night, while I still think it is only early evening, dawn has already come—where among the clouds does the moon now find its lodging?
- Commentary
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Book III, Summer Poems
Composed at dawn after a night when the moon shone beautifully.
The poem expresses the shortness of summer nights. Though somewhat exaggerated, it imagines that before the moon can set in the west, the sun has already risen, and so the moon must be resting hidden somewhere among the clouds.
- Author
- Fukayabu
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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