Nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki wa arinagara hakanaku aki wa suginu beranari - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

長月の有明の月はありながら
はかなく秋は過ぎぬべらなり

Roma-ji: Nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki wa arinagara hakanaku aki wa suginu beranari
English Translation: The Long Month's moon
still lingers in the dawn,
it is there yet,
but autumn, so fleetingly,
seems to be slipping away
Meaning: Though the dawn moon of the ninth month still lingers in the sky, autumn seems to be slipping away all too fleetingly.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 441

Headnote: "On the last day of the ninth month."
The poet says that though the dawn moon of the ninth month still lingers in the sky, autumn seems about to slip away all too fleetingly. Setting the dawn moon that stays in the sky against the autumn that will not stay, it laments the end of the season.
According to the headnote, it was composed on the last day of the ninth month. 401 of this book also sings of "Nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki." Following the preceding poem, it sings of autumn departing on the last day of the ninth month.
The poet, called "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki. A son of Ki no Mochiyuki, he was the leading compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and wrote its kana preface. He served as governor of Tosa among other posts, is known as the author of the Tosa Diary, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

The first line, "Nagatsuki no," means "of the ninth month."
The second line, "ariake no tsuki wa," means "the moon that lingers in the dawn sky."
The third line, "arinagara," means "though it is still there," repeating the sound "ari" from "ariake" in the second line.
The fourth line, "hakanaku aki wa," means "fleetingly, autumn."
In the last line, "beranari" expresses conjecture: "it seems about to pass."
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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