Hisakata no tsuki o sayakemi momijiba no kosa mo ususa mo wakitsu beranari - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

久方の月をさやけみ紅葉葉の
濃さも薄さも分きつべらなり

Roma-ji: Hisakata no tsuki o sayakemi momijiba no kosa mo ususa mo wakitsu beranari
English Translation: From the far heavens,
so clear is the moon tonight
that the autumn leaves,
the deep hues and the pale hues,
could be told apart, it seems.
Meaning: The moon in the far heavens shines so clear that it seems one could tell apart even the deep and pale colors of the autumn leaves.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1127

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet says that the moonlight is so clear and bright that one could tell apart the deep and pale colors of the autumn leaves even at night. The brightness of the clear autumn moon is expressed as bright enough to distinguish the shades of the autumn leaves.

First line, "hisakata no," is a pillow word leading to "tsuki," the moon.
Second line, "tsuki o sayakemi," means "since the moon is so clear," with "o ... mi" a construction giving a cause.
Third line, "momijiba no," means "of the autumn leaves."
Fourth line, "kosa mo ususa mo," means "both the depth and the paleness of their color," pairing deep against pale.
Final line, "wakitsu beranari," means "could be told apart, it seems," with "tsu" an emphatic auxiliary and "beranari" a conjectural auxiliary. It shares "waku," to tell apart, with the final line of 1096 in this book, "wakazu ya aruran," pairing the mist that cannot be told apart with autumn leaves that can.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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