Wasuru na yo Obasuteyama no tsuki mite mo miyako o izuru ariake no sora - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

忘るなよ姨捨山の月見ても
都を出づる有明の空

Roma-ji: Wasuru na yo Obasuteyama no tsuki mite mo miyako o izuru ariake no sora
English Translation: Do not forget me,
though you see the moon shining
on Mount Obasute:
the sky of the dawn moon
when you left the capital
Meaning: Even when you look upon the moon over Mount Obasute, do not forget this sky of the lingering dawn moon under which you left the capital.
Commentary: Book Seven Parting Poems 496

Headnote: "Composed at dawn after giving a farewell banquet for someone"
Composed at dawn after holding a farewell banquet for someone setting out on a journey. Even if on your journey you see the famous moon of Mount Obasute, do not forget this dawn sky with its lingering moon as you leave the capital, the poet says. Naming Mount Obasute, famous for its moon in Shinano, he hopes the traveler will not be captivated by beautiful moons on the road but will remember the dawn moon of the morning they parted.
The author, "Intendant of the Right Gate Guards Yorizane," is Fujiwara no Yorizane, son of Minister of the Left Fujiwara no Tsunemune, who later rose to Chancellor.
Ever since an anonymous poem in the Kokin Wakashū told of being unable to find solace while gazing at the moon shining on Mount Obasute in Sarashina, its moon has been known as one that cannot console. This poem calls on the moon of that famous place.

First line, "wasuru na yo": "na" is prohibitive and "yo" an appeal, and the poem pauses here. It shares its first line with 481 of this book; where 481 sings of snow and days, this poem sings of the moon.
Second line, "Obasuteyama no": Mount Obasute is a poetic place in Sarashina, Shinano, famous for the moon, drawing on the Kokin Wakashū poem.
Third line, "tsuki mite mo": "te mo" is concessive, "even if you see the moon."
Fourth line, "miyako o izuru": "leaving the capital," the morning of departure.
Fifth line, "ariake no sora": the sky where the moon lingers after daybreak, matching the dawn of the headnote. Ending on a noun, it reveals at last what is not to be forgotten, by inversion with "wasuru na yo."
Author: Fujiwara no Yorizane
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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