Uramikeru keshiki ya sora ni mietsuran Obasuteyama o terasu tsukikage - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恨みける気色や空に見えつらん
姨捨山を照らす月影

Roma-ji: Uramikeru keshiki ya sora ni mietsuran Obasuteyama o terasu tsukikage
English Translation: The look of grievance,
did it show itself, I wonder,
up in the sky?
The moonlight shining down
on Mount Obasute
Meaning: Could their look of resentment have shown in the sky above? See the moonlight shining down on Mount Obasute.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Buddhist Poems 1244

Headnote: "Composed on the Kanji chapter"
Like the preceding poem, this one was composed on the Encouraging Devotion chapter. In that chapter, Mahāprajāpatī, the Buddha's foster mother, and Yaśodharā, his wife before he left home, are grieved that their names are not among those given the prophecy of buddhahood; the Buddha perceives their hearts and bestows the prophecy on them too. Did their look of grievance show in the sky? The moonlight shining on Mount Obasute, he says. Mount Obasute is the mountain of the tale of an old aunt abandoned there, and as if the grievance of the abandoned showed in the sky and the moon came to shine upon it, he sings of the Buddha's light reaching the women who had grieved at being left out.
The author, "Fujiwara no Atsunaka," was an official of the late Heian period, but the details of his life are not known.
It is the sixth poem of the series on the chapters of the Lotus Sutra in order and, like the preceding poem, 1243, treats the Encouraging Devotion chapter. The preceding poem sings of the bodhisattvas' vow to spread the sutra, this one of the women who receive the prophecy.

First line, "uramikeru": "keru" is the attributive of the past "keri," "who had been aggrieved," the hearts of the women who grieved at being left out of the prophecy.
Second line, "keshiki ya sora ni": "keshiki" is a look or air, and "ya," an interrogative binding particle, closes with "ran" in the third line.
Third line, "mietsuran": "tsu" is perfective and "ran" the attributive of the present conjectural "ramu," "did it show?" The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "Obasuteyama o": Mount Obasute in Shinano, a poetic place known for the tale of the abandoned aunt and as a famous spot for the moon.
Fifth line, "terasu tsukikage": the moonlight stands for the light of the Buddha's mercy, closing on a noun.
Author: Fujiwara no Atsunaka
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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