Yūdachi no mada hareyaranu kumoma yori onaji sora to mo mienu tsuki kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夕立のまだ晴れやらぬ雲間より
同じ空とも見えぬ月かな

Roma-ji: Yūdachi no mada hareyaranu kumoma yori onaji sora to mo mienu tsuki kana
English Translation: Through the rifts in clouds
not yet cleared of the shower
that fell at evening,
the moon shines as if this were
not the same sky at all
Meaning: Through gaps in the clouds of the evening shower, not yet fully cleared, the moon shines as if this were not the same sky at all.
Commentary: Book Three Summer Poems 217

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'Bright Moon After Rain'"
Composed on the topic "Bright Moon After Rain." Before the clouds of the evening shower have fully cleared, the moon looks out through a gap, its light so washed clean by the rain that this hardly seems the same sky where the shower was just falling. Through the contrast between the violent shower and the clear moon, the poem depicts the fresh beauty of a summer night after rain. The sequence on the summer moon ends here.
The author, "Priest Shun'e," is Shun'e, son of Minamoto no Toshiyori, who became a monk of Tōdaiji. He named his cell at Shirakawa in the capital the Karin'en, gathering many poets there, and is also known as the teacher of Kamo no Chōmei. A poem of his is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, "yūdachi no": "of the evening shower," the sudden heavy rain of summer evenings.
Second line, "mada hareyaranu": "yaranu" means not yet fully done: "not yet completely cleared."
Third line, "kumoma yori": "through a gap in the clouds." "Kumo no harema ni tsuki saete" in 188 of this book also depicts the moon in a break of rain clouds.
Fourth line, "onaji sora to mo": "as the same sky" where the shower was just falling.
Fifth line, "mienu tsuki kana": "nu" is the attributive of the negative "zu" and "kana" exclamatory, showing the beauty of a moon washed clear by rain.
Author: Shun'e
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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