Aki no yo no tsuki no kage koso ko no ma yori ochiba goromo to mi ni utsurikere - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋の夜の月の影こそ木の間より
落ち葉衣と身にうつりけれ

Roma-ji: Aki no yo no tsuki no kage koso ko no ma yori ochiba goromo to mi ni utsurikere
English Translation: The light of the moon
on an autumn night, through gaps
between the trees,
like a robe of fallen leaves
came to rest upon me
Meaning: The light of the autumn moon, slipping through the trees, settled on me like a robe of fallen leaves.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 318

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet says that the light of the autumn moon, slipping through the trees, fell on the poet in patches like a robe strewn with fallen leaves. The pattern of moonlight filtering through the trees is likened to a robe of fallen leaves.
From 318 to 320, three anonymous poems on the moon of autumn nights stand together under the headnote "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Aki no yo no," means "of the autumn night," and 320 and 323 of this book open with the same line.
In the second line, "kage" means light, and "koso" is an emphatic particle.
The third line, "ko no ma yori," means "through the gaps between the trees," showing moonlight filtering through.
The fourth line, "ochiba goromo to," means "like a robe of fallen leaves," likening dappled moonlight to the pattern of a robe.
In the last line, "utsuri" is a pivot word joining "utsuru," for light to be reflected, and "utsuru," for color to pass onto something. "Koso" in the second line and the perfective "kere" form a kakarimusubi pattern. The next poem, 319, opens with "sode ni utsuru."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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