Ai ni aite mono omou koro no waga sode wa yadoru tsuki sae nururu kao naru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あひにあひて物思ふころの我が袖は
宿る月さへ濡るる顔なる

Roma-ji: Ai ni aite mono omou koro no waga sode wa yadoru tsuki sae nururu kao naru
English Translation: Meeting just the time
for brooding, in these days of
grief my sleeves are such
that even the moon lodged there
wears a face wet with tears
Meaning: In these days of brooding, come upon me at just the season for it, my sleeves are so wet that even the moon lodged in them seems to wear a tear-stained face.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1270

Headnote: "At a time when she was lost in brooding."
The poet says that in these days of brooding, the moon lodged in her sleeves wears a tear-wet face. Seeing even the moon reflected in her tear-soaked sleeves as weeping, she entrusts her deep melancholy to the moon.
According to the headnote, it was composed at a time when she was lost in brooding.
The poet, Ise, was a daughter of Fujiwara no Tsugukage, Governor of Ise, and served Fujiwara no Onshi, consort of Emperor Uda. She received the emperor's favor and later bore Nakatsukasa to Prince Atsuyoshi. One of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, she is represented in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu by "Naniwagata mijikaki ashi no fushi no ma mo."

The first line, "Ai ni aite," means "meeting just the time," repeating the verb for emphasis, with an extra syllable.
The second line, "mono omou koro no," means "of these days of brooding."
The third line, "waga sode wa," means "my sleeves," sleeves wet with tears.
The fourth line, "yadoru tsuki sae," means "even the moon lodged there," reflected in the tears on her sleeves, with "sae" adding a further case.
The last line, "nururu kao naru," means "wears a wet face," seeing the moon as a human face.
Author: Ise
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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