Akikaze ni itodo fukeyuku tsukikage o tachi na kakushi so ama no kawagiri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋風にいとど更けゆく月影を
立ちな隠しそ天の河霧

Roma-ji: Akikaze ni itodo fukeyuku tsukikage o tachi na kakushi so ama no kawagiri
English Translation: In the autumn wind
the moonlight deepens all the more
as the night goes on—
do not rise and hide it now,
O mist of Heaven's River
Meaning: Mist of the River of Heaven, do not rise to hide the moonlight that grows ever deeper as the night advances in the autumn wind.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 336

Headnote: "The fifteenth night of the Eighth Month."
Calling to the mist of the River of Heaven, the poet asks it not to rise and hide the moonlight that grows ever clearer as the autumn wind blows and the night deepens. It expresses the wish that the mid-autumn moon not be hidden by mist.
According to the headnote, it was composed on the fifteenth night of the Eighth Month. 325 and 326 of this book stand under the same headnote.
The poet, Fujiwara no Kiyotada, was a son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, the Embankment Middle Counselor, and served as governor of Kii among other posts. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

The first line, "Akikaze ni," means "as the autumn wind blows," the same opening as 330 of this book.
The second line, "itodo fukeyuku," means "the night deepening all the more."
The third line, "tsukikage o," means "the moonlight."
In the fourth line, "na ... so" expresses prohibition: "do not rise and hide it." The poem pauses here.
The last line, "ama no kawagiri," means "mist of the River of Heaven," standing in inversion with the fourth line and naming at the end the one addressed. Against the moon flowing along the River of Heaven in 329 and 330, this poem sings of the river's mist that hides the moon.
Author: Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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