Momijiba ni tamareru kari no namida ni wa tsuki no kage koso utsuru beranare - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

紅葉葉にたまれる雁の涙には
月の影こそ移るべらなれ

Roma-ji: Momijiba ni tamareru kari no namida ni wa tsuki no kage koso utsuru beranare
English Translation: In the tears of geese
that have gathered in pools
upon the colored leaves,
it is the light of the moon
that seems to be reflected
Meaning: In the tears of the wild geese gathered on the colored leaves, the moonlight seems to be reflected.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 422

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the moonlight seems to be reflected in the tears of the wild geese gathered on the colored leaves. Likening the dew on the leaves to the geese's tears, it captures moonlight dwelling in a single drop.
Like the anonymous poem in the Kokin Wakashū, "nakiwataru kari no namida ya ochitsuramu mono omou yado no hagi no ue no tsuyu," it likens dew to the tears of geese. Answering the sequence on wild geese that began with 355 of this book, it here brings together autumn leaves, geese, and the moon.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Momijiba ni," means "on the colored leaves."
The second line, "tamareru kari no," means "of the geese, gathered."
The third line, "namida ni wa," means "in the tears," likening the dew on the leaves to the tears of geese.
In the fourth line, "kage" means light, and "koso" is an emphatic particle.
In the last line, "utsuru" means to be reflected and "beranari" expresses conjecture. "Koso" in the fourth line and the realis "beranare" form a kakarimusubi pattern: "it seems to be reflected."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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