Kasasagi no mine tobikoete naki yukeba natsu no yo wataru tsuki zo kakururu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

鵲の峰飛び越えて鳴き行けば
夏の夜渡る月ぞ隠るる

Roma-ji: Kasasagi no mine tobikoete naki yukeba natsu no yo wataru tsuki zo kakururu
English Translation: When the magpie flies
over the mountain peak, and
singing goes its way,
the moon that crosses summer's
night sky slips away from view
Meaning: When the magpie flies over the peak and goes off singing, the moon crossing the summer night sky slips out of sight.
Commentary: Book Four Summer Poems 207

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
When the magpie flies singing over the peak, the moon crossing the summer night sky hides away. Pairing the shadow of a flying bird with the setting moon, the poem paints a summer night scene drawing toward dawn.
The magpie is the bird of legend that spreads its wings to bridge the River of Heaven on the night of Tanabata, and this poem is placed in a sequence leading to the River of Heaven in 210 and to Tanabata in 216, the last poem of the book.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the author as "yomibito mo," but it is treated here as anonymous.

The first line, "Kasasagi no," names the magpie, a bird tied to the Tanabata legend.
The second line, "mine tobikoete," means "flying over the peak."
The third line, "naki yukeba," means "as it goes singing," with "ba" marking a settled condition.
The fourth line, "natsu no yo wataru," means "crossing the summer night," showing the moon moving across the sky. 210 of this book also sings of the summer night's moon flowing along the River of Heaven.
The last line, "tsuki zo kakururu," means "the moon hides," with the particle "zo" forming a kakarimusubi pattern with the attributive "kakururu."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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