Sode ni utsuru tsuki no hikari wa aki goto ni koyoi kawaranu kage to mietsutsu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

袖に映る月の光は秋ごとに
今宵変はらぬ影と見えつつ

Roma-ji: Sode ni utsuru tsuki no hikari wa aki goto ni koyoi kawaranu kage to mietsutsu
English Translation: The moonlight that falls
reflected on my sleeves,
each autumn that comes,
seems to be the very light
unchanged from this night's own
Meaning: The moonlight reflected on my sleeves seems, every autumn, the same light as tonight, unchanged.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 319

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet says the moonlight reflected on the sleeves seems, each autumn, the same light as tonight. In the autumn moon lighting the sleeves alike every year, the poet sees the unchanging beauty of the moon.
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, "Sode ni utsuru," means "reflected on my sleeves," and has an extra syllable. It takes up "mi ni utsurikere," the last line of the preceding poem.
The second line, "tsuki no hikari wa," means "the moonlight."
The third line, "aki goto ni," means "each autumn."
The fourth line, "koyoi kawaranu," means "unchanged from tonight." 322 of this book also sings of the unchanging moon in "iro mo kawarazu."
In the last line, "tsutsu" expresses repetition: "it appears as such a light."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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