At this house of mine,
where even the moon of the
wide sky puts up, now
the evening of waiting goes
by, and you are not in sight

Meaning

At this house of mine, where even the moon of the wide sky puts up, the evening of waiting goes by and you are nowhere in sight.

Commentary

Part Three: Yadorigi

　Yugiri had long wished to give his Sixth Daughter to Niou, and at last, persuaded by the Akashi Empress, Niou consented. On the night of the wedding in the Eighth Month, Yugiri had everything ready and waited, but Niou could not bring himself to leave Naka no Kimi and was slow to appear. Losing patience, Yugiri sent this to hurry him. Niou set out at last, the marriage with the Sixth Daughter was made, and Naka no Kimi was left to grieve.

　"Where even the moon of the wide sky puts up" is a boast about the house, grand enough for the moon itself to stop at, and yadoru leads to waga yado in the same line. Matsu yoi is a night of waiting, here the wedding night. Bringing in the moon to praise his own standing while reproaching the man who will not come shows the weight Yugiri throws about as a man of power. That a poem of reminder should be sent on the wedding night itself says a good deal about the nature of the match.

Author

Murasaki Shikibu

Source

Genji Monogatari

Other

At this house of mine, where even the moon of the wide sky puts up, now the evening of waiting goes by, and you are not in sight

At this house of mine,
where even the moon of the
wide sky puts up, now
the evening of waiting goes
by, and you are not in sight