Asu mo komu Noji no Tamagawa hagi koete iro naru nami ni tsuki yadorikeri - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

明日も来む野路の玉川萩越えて
色なる波に月宿りけり

Roma-ji: Asu mo komu Noji no Tamagawa hagi koete iro naru nami ni tsuki yadorikeri
English Translation: Tomorrow too I'll come!
At the Jewel River of Noji
the water crosses the clover,
and on its flower-tinted waves
the moon has come to dwell
Meaning: Tomorrow too I will come here. At the Jewel River of Noji, where the water flows over the bush clover, the moon has come to lodge on waves tinged with the flowers' color.
Commentary: Book Four Autumn Poems I 281

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'The Moon on the Water' at Provisional Middle Counselor Toshitada's house at Katsura"
Composed at the Katsura residence of Provisional Middle Counselor Fujiwara no Toshitada on the topic "The Moon on the Water." At the Jewel River of Noji, the water flowing over the bush clover on its banks is tinged with the flowers' color, and the moonlight lodges on those colored waves; the poet resolves to come again tomorrow. He paints the lovely scene of bush clover color and moonlight overlapping on the waves, together with the wish to return.
The author, "Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason," was the son of Major Counselor Minamoto no Tsunenobu. The central poet of Emperor Horikawa's poetry circle, he compiled the Kin'yō Wakashū at the command of Retired Emperor Shirakawa and wrote the treatise Toshiyori Zuinō. A poem of his is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
The Jewel River of Noji, in Ōmi, is a poetic place famed for bush clover and counted among the six Jewel Rivers. "Yadoru tsukikage" in 296 of this book also speaks of moonlight lodging in dew.

First line, "asu mo komu": "mu" expresses will: "tomorrow too I will come." The poem pauses here.
Second line, "Noji no Tamagawa": a poetic place in Ōmi, famed for bush clover.
Third line, "hagi koete": the waves flowing over the bush clover on the banks.
Fourth line, "iro naru nami ni": "on waves tinged with the bush clover's color."
Fifth line, "tsuki yadorikeri": "keri" expresses realization; the moonlight reflected on the colored waves is said to lodge there. Poem 296 of this book also speaks of "yadoru tsukikage."
Author: Minamoto no Toshiyori
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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