ここにだに光さやけき秋の月
雲のうへこそ思ひやらるれ
雲のうへこそ思ひやらるれ
- Roma-ji
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Koko ni dani hikari sayakeki aki no tsuki kumo no ue koso omoiyararure
- English Translation
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Even here so bright,
shining clear and pure its light,
the moon of autumn;
how much more above the clouds,
I cannot help but wonder.
- Meaning
- Even here the autumn moon shines so clear and bright; how much more, I cannot help imagining, above the clouds, in the palace.
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 175
Headnote: "When the men of the Chamberlains' Office held a moon banquet on the fifteenth night of the Eighth Month in the reign of Engi"
If the autumn moon shines so clearly even here, the poet imagines how beautiful it must be above the clouds, that is, in the palace. With "kumo no ue" meaning both above the clouds and the imperial court, the poem praises the moon and the emperor's palace together. According to the headnote, it was composed when officials of the Chamberlains' Office held a moon-viewing banquet on the fifteenth night of the Eighth Month in the Engi era of Emperor Daigo.
Fujiwara no Tsuneomi was an official of the Engi era; little is known of his life.
First line, "koko ni dani," means "even here," with "dani," a particle that names a lesser case to suggest a greater one.
Second line, "hikari sayakeki," means "whose light is bright and clear."
Third line, "aki no tsuki," is the moon of the fifteenth night of the Eighth Month, the words "aki no tsuki" continuing from 172 and 173 of this book.
Fourth line, "kumo no ue koso," is a pivot word in which "kumo no ue" means both above the clouds and the imperial court. The emphatic particle "koso" is resolved by "rure" in the final line.
Final line, "omoiyararure," means "I cannot help imagining," with "rure," the realis form of the spontaneous auxiliary "ru."
- Author
- Fujiwara no Tsuneomi
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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