Hitorine no wabishiki mama ni okiitsutsu tsuki o aware to imi zo kanetsuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ひとり寝のわびしきままに起きゐつつ
月をあはれと忌みぞかねつる

Roma-ji: Hitorine no wabishiki mama ni okiitsutsu tsuki o aware to imi zo kanetsuru
English Translation: Lonely in my bed,
in my misery I stay
sitting up awake,
and cannot help but feel
the moon's sorrowful beauty
Meaning: In the loneliness of sleeping alone, I sit up awake, and cannot keep myself from feeling the moon's sad beauty, though it is said to be ill-omened.
Commentary: Book Ten Love Poems II 684

Headnote: "Because someone said that calling the moon moving was a thing to be avoided."
The poet says that, sitting up in the misery of sleeping alone, she cannot help feeling moved by the moon. Though told it is unlucky to be moved by the moon, she shows a heart that, in the loneliness of sleeping alone, still gazes at it.
According to the headnote, someone said that to call the moon moving was a thing to be avoided. The idea that gazing at the moon is unlucky also appears in the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Hitorine no," means "of sleeping alone."
The second line, "wabishiki mama ni," means "in my loneliness."
The third line, "okiitsutsu," means "sitting up awake," with "tsutsu" expressing continuation.
The fourth line, "tsuki o aware to," means "finding the moon deeply moving."
The last line, "imi zo kanetsuru," means "I cannot refrain," with "zo" an emphatic particle closing with the attributive "tsuru," a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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