classic waka stream

窓越しに月おし照りてあしひきの
あらし吹く夜は君をしぞ思ふ
Roma-ji

Madogoshi ni tsuki oshiterite ashihiki no arashi fuku yo wa kimi o shi zo omou

English Translation
Through the window frame
the moon shines across the room;
from the rugged hills
on nights the storm wind blows down
it is of you alone I think
Meaning
On nights when the moon shines full through the window and the storm wind blows down from the mountains, it is you alone that I think of.
Commentary
Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2679

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
On nights when moonlight floods in through the window and a storm wind blows down from the hills, the speaker thinks above all of the beloved. The lonely night scene of cold moonlight and fierce wind deepens the longing for the lover.
This is one of the poems on wind. It shares the word "arashi" with poem 2677 of this book and also the idea of thinking of a lover on a stormy night. By including the moon, it also echoes the run of poems on the moon that came before.
The author is unknown. The anonymous poems of Book Eleven gather love poems by people whose names have not come down to us.

First line, "madogoshi ni": "through the window." It places the speaker indoors, looking out at the moon.
Second line, "tsuki oshiterite": "the moon shining all over." "Oshiteru" means light shining everywhere.
Third line, "ashihiki no": a pillow word usually attached to "mountain," here attached to "arashi," the wind blowing down from the mountains.
Fourth line, "arashi fuku yo wa": "on nights when the storm wind blows." The particle "wa" singles out such nights.
Fifth line, "kimi o shi zo omou": "it is you I think of." The particles "shi" and "zo" emphasize "you," and the attributive form of "omou" closes the kakarimusubi.
Source
Manyoshu
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