Misora yuku tsuki no hikari ni tada hitome aimishi hito no ime ni shi miyuru

み空行く月の光にただ一目
相見し人の夢にし見ゆる

Roma-ji: Misora yuku tsuki no hikari ni tada hitome aimishi hito no ime ni shi miyuru
English Translation: Crossing the high sky,
in the moon's light, only once,
at a single glance,
did I see him; that same one
now appears within my dreams
Meaning: The one I saw at a single glance in the light of the moon crossing the sky now appears in my dreams.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 710

Headnote: "A poem by Ato no Tobira no Otome"
The one she glimpsed only once in the light of the moon crossing the sky now appears in her dreams. A brief meeting she cannot forget is set in a lovely moonlit scene. Like poem 490 and others in this book, it ends with ime ni shi miyuru, "appears in my dreams."
The author, Ato no Tobira no Otome, is a woman of whom little is known.

First line, "Crossing the high sky," uses the honorific mi: the sky through which the moon passes.
Second line, "in the moon's light, only once," means in the moonlight.
Third line, "at a single glance," stresses how brief the meeting was.
Fourth line, "did I see him; that same one," means the one I met.
Fifth line, "now appears within my dreams," ends in the attributive.
Author: Ato no Tobira no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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