Morotomo ni aki o ya shinobu shimogare no ogi no uwaba o terasu tsukikage - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

もろともに秋をや偲ぶ霜枯れの
荻の上葉を照らす月影

Roma-ji: Morotomo ni aki o ya shinobu shimogare no ogi no uwaba o terasu tsukikage
English Translation: Is it longing too,
just as I do, for the autumn?
On the upper leaves
of the reeds withered by frost
the light of the moon shines
Meaning: Does it, too, long with me for the autumn that has passed? The moonlight shines on the upper leaves of the frost-withered reeds.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1016

Headnote: "Composed on the theme "The moon shines on wintry grass""
This poem was composed on the theme "the moon shines on wintry grass." Is it longing with me for autumn, the moonlight on the upper leaves of the frost-withered reeds, he asks. The reeds that rustled so charmingly in the autumn wind are now withered by frost, and seeing the moonlight on their upper leaves he feels that the moon too yearns with him for the autumn gone by.
The author, "Ki no Yasumune," was a poet of the late Heian period whose biography is not known in detail.
It begins with the same line, "morotomo ni," as 995 of this book. Where 995 thinks of those who once watched the moon together, this poem yearns with the moon for the autumn that has passed.

First line, "morotomo ni": "together," implying the moon and himself together. It is the same line as the first line of 995 of this book.
Second line, "aki o ya shinobu": "ya" is an interrogative binding particle, "does it long for the autumn gone by?" The poem pauses here.
Third line, "shimogare no": "withered by frost," showing the coming of winter.
Fourth line, "ogi no uwaba o": "the upper leaves of the reeds." The reed was held to represent autumn for the sound of its rustling in the autumn wind.
Fifth line, "terasu tsukikage": "the moonlight shining on them," ending inverted in a noun.
Author: Ki no Yasumune
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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