Hisakata no ama teru tsuki mo kakureyuku nani ni yosoete kimi o shinobamu - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

久方の天照る月も隠れゆく
何によそへて君を偲ばむ

Roma-ji: Hisakata no ama teru tsuki mo kakureyuku nani ni yosoete kimi o shinobamu
English Translation: The heavenly moon,
shining in the vast, far sky,
is sinking from sight;
to what shall I liken you,
remembering you from now?
Meaning: Even the moon that shines in the heavens is sinking out of sight; to what shall I now compare you as I yearn for you?
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 789

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem laments that even the moon shining in the sky is sinking out of sight, and asks what one might now liken the beloved to in remembering them. Having recalled the lover through the moon, one loses even that as it hides, and the poem sings of the helplessness of losing anything to hold one's longing.
The author, "Hitomaro," is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a court poet of the Asuka period revered as the sage of poetry and the foremost poet of the Man'yōshū, and one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. Many Man'yōshū poems are included in the Shūishū under Hitomaro's name.
A similar poem is included in Book Eleven of the Man'yōshū.

First line, "hisakata no," is a pillow word modifying "ama," the heavens.
Second line, "ama teru tsuki mo," means "even the moon shining in the sky."
Third line, "kakureyuku," means "is going into hiding," with a caesura here. Like "kumogakure" in 783 through 785, it sings of a moon in hiding.
Fourth line, "nani ni yosoete," means "likening you to what." It shares "yosou," likening the beloved to something, with the fourth line of 830, "omoi yosoenu."
Final line, "kimi o shinobamu," means "shall I remember you," with "mu" expressing intention or conjecture.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Shui Wakashu
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