Yūzukuyo honomeku kage mo unohana no sakeru watari wa sayakekarikeri - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夕月夜ほのめく影も卯の花の
咲けるわたりはさやけかりけり

Roma-ji: Yūzukuyo honomeku kage mo unohana no sakeru watari wa sayakekarikeri
English Translation: Even the faint glow
of the moon at early evening
is clear and bright
in all the places where
the deutzia are in bloom
Meaning: Even the faint light of the evening moon shines clear and bright where the deutzia are in bloom.
Commentary: Book Three Summer Poems 140

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'Viewing Deutzia at Dusk'"
Composed on the topic "Viewing Deutzia at Dusk." The moon at early evening still gives only a faint light, yet where the white deutzia bloom that light looks clear and bright. Where the preceding poem likened the deutzia themselves to moonlight, this one captures the way their whiteness reflects the moonlight and heightens it.
The author, "Major Captain of the Right Sanefusa," is Sanjō Sanefusa, son of Palace Minister Fujiwara no Kiminori, who later rose to Minister of the Left. At the time the Senzai Wakashū was compiled he was Major Captain of the Right Inner Palace Guards.

First line, "yūzukuyo": the moon that rises in the evening, or an evening with such a moon. Poem 163 of this book opens with the same word.
Second line, "honomeku kage mo": "honomeku" means to be faintly visible, and "kage" is moonlight.
Third line, "unohana no": the subject of "sakeru" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "sakeru watari wa": "watari" means the area or vicinity, set apart by "wa."
Fifth line, "sayakekarikeri": "sayakeshi" means clear and bright, and "keri" expresses realization. Like the preceding poem, 139, it pairs deutzia with moonlight.
Author: Sanjō Sanefusa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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