Hi no hikari tsuki no kage to zo terashikeru kuraki kokoro no yami hare yo tote - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

日の光月の影とぞ照らしける
暗き心の闇晴れよとて

Roma-ji: Hi no hikari tsuki no kage to zo terashikeru kuraki kokoro no yami hare yo tote
English Translation: As the light of the sun,
as the shining of the moon,
it has lit our way,
that the darkness of our hearts,
so clouded, might clear away
Meaning: As the light of the sun and as the light of the moon, the Law has shone upon us, so that the darkness of our clouded hearts might clear.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Buddhist Poems 1245

Headnote: "Composed on the line of the Supernatural Powers chapter, like the light of the sun and moon, it can dispel all darkness"
This poem was composed on the line of the chapter on the Supernatural Powers of the Tathāgata in the Lotus Sutra, "like the light of the sun and moon, it can dispel all darkness." As the light of the sun and of the moon it has shone, that the darkness of clouded hearts might clear, he says. Taking up the scripture that teaches that one who keeps the Lotus Sutra dispels the darkness of beings as sunlight and moonlight dispel the dark, he sings that the Buddha's teaching shines on day and night in order to clear away the darkness in the hearts of deluded beings.
The author, "Renjō Hōshi," was a monk whose lay name was Narizane, but the details of his life are not known.
It is the seventh poem of the series on the chapters of the Lotus Sutra in order. Like 1215 in this book, which sings of the light of Amida's wisdom, it sings of the Buddha's light shining into the hearts of beings.

First line, "hi no hikari": "the light of the sun," taking up the sutra's "sun" and standing for the light of the Buddha's teaching.
Second line, "tsuki no kage to zo": "tsuki no kage" is the light of the moon, taking up the sutra's "moon." "Zo," an emphatic binding particle, closes with the attributive "keru" in the third line.
Third line, "terashikeru": "keru," the attributive of the exclamatory "keri," closes the binding. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "kuraki kokoro no": "of hearts dark with delusion," taking up the sutra's "darkness."
Fifth line, "yami hare yo tote": "hare yo" is the imperative, and "tote" means "thinking that." By inversion it gives the reason for the shining of the third line.
Author: Renjō
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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