Asagasumi haruhi no kure wa ko no ma yori utsurou tsuki o itsu to ka matamu

朝霞春日の暮は木の間より
移ろふ月をいつとか待たむ

Roma-ji: Asagasumi haruhi no kure wa ko no ma yori utsurou tsuki o itsu to ka matamu
English Translation: Haze of the morning—
on the springtime days at dusk
between the tree trunks
for the moon that moves along,
"When?" I wonder as I wait.
Meaning: At dusk on a spring day, I wait and wonder when the moon will appear, moving along between the trees.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1876

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Moon"
This poem waits eagerly at dusk on a spring day for the moon that moves along, glimpsed and hidden between the trees, and it closes the moon group. Following the dim moon in the gloom of trees of the preceding poem, it sings of waiting for the moon to appear between the trees, so that across the three poems the spring evening moon is caught from various angles.

The first line, "morning haze," is regarded as a pillow-word-like phrase leading into "spring day," from the haze that rises on spring mornings.
The second line, "at the dusk of a spring day," marks the time when a long spring day draws to its close.
The third line, "from between the trees," like "konokure" in the preceding poem, sings of the relation between trees and moon.
The fourth line, "the moon that moves along," shows the moon passing in and out of view among the trees.
In the last line, "itsu to ka matamu," "ka" is an interrogative particle in kakari-musubi with the attributive "mu," closing with the heart that longs for the moonrise.
Source: Manyoshu
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