Harimaji ya Suma no sekiya no itabisashi tsuki more tote ya mabara naru ran - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

播磨路や須磨の関屋の板廂
月漏れとてやまばらなるらん

Roma-ji: Harimaji ya Suma no sekiya no itabisashi tsuki more tote ya mabara naru ran
English Translation: On the Harima road,
the barrier hut of Suma
has eaves of board:
is it for the moon to slip through
that they are laid so sparse?
Meaning: The board eaves of the barrier hut at Suma on the road to Harima—are they laid so sparsely so that the moonlight may slip through?
Commentary: Book Eight Travel Poems 499

Headnote: "Composed on the theme of the moon on a barrier road when the Lay Monk of Hosshōji, the Former Chancellor, was Palace Minister"
Composed on the topic "the moon on a barrier road" when Fujiwara no Tadamichi was Palace Minister. The board eaves of the barrier hut at Suma on the road to Harima—are they laid sparsely so the moonlight may leak through? the poet asks. He sees the gaps in the weathered eaves as if left on purpose to let in the moonlight, finding elegance in a lonely night at the barrier.
The author, "Middle Counselor Morotoshi," is Minamoto no Morotoshi, son of Minister of the Left Minamoto no Toshifusa, who rose to Provisional Middle Counselor.
The Lay Monk of Hosshōji, Former Chancellor, is Fujiwara no Tadamichi, who rose to Regent and Chancellor and, after taking the tonsure, lived at Hosshōji, hence the name. Poem 508 of this book also comes from a poetry contest held when Tadamichi was Palace Minister.

First line, "Harimaji ya": "the road to Harima," with the exclamatory "ya." Suma lies in Settsu, near the border with Harima.
Second line, "Suma no sekiya no": "sekiya" is the barrier guards' hut; the Suma Barrier, set on the border of Settsu and Harima, is a poetic place. Poems 501 and 535 of this book also sing of the Suma Barrier.
Third line, "itabisashi": eaves roofed with boards. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "tsuki more tote ya": "more" is the imperative of "moru," and "tote" means "saying," so "because they say, 'moonlight, leak through.'" The interrogative "ya" closes with the attributive "ran" in the last line. Poem 540 of this book sings of hail leaking into the barrier hut at Fuwa, so the hut where moonlight leaks and the hut where hail leaks form a pair.
Fifth line, "mabara naru ran": the present conjecture "ran," "are they so sparse?", seeing the state of the run-down hut as a contrivance for the moon.
Author: Minamoto no Morotoshi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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