Shitawaruru kokoro ya yuku to yama no ha ni shibashi na iriso aki no yo no tsuki

慕はるる心や行くと山の端に
しばしな入りそ秋の夜の月

Roma-ji: Shitawaruru kokoro ya yuku to yama no ha ni shibashi na iriso aki no yo no tsuki
English Translation: Lest my heart that longs
should go following after,
to the mountains' rim
do not set awhile, I pray,
moon of the autumn night.
Meaning: Lest my heart, longing for you, should follow you away, do not sink behind the mountain rim just yet, moon of the autumn night.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 314

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
This poem continues the topic of the moon. Lest his heart, filled with longing for the moon, go off following it as it sets, the poet begs the autumn moon not to sink behind the mountain rim for a while. He fears that his longing will make his heart depart along with the moon.
Where 309 told the moon to set if it was going to be clouded, this poem, with the same last line, holds the moon back with shibashi na iriso, so the two form a pair.

First line, “shitawaruru”: ruru is the attributive of the spontaneous ru, the heart that longs of itself.
Second line, “kokoro ya yuku to”: ya is a question particle, lest my heart should go with you.
Third line, “yama no ha ni”: to the ridge of the mountains where the moon sets.
Fourth line, “shibashi na iriso”: the na ... so pattern expresses prohibition, do not set for a while; the poem breaks after the fourth line.
Fifth line, “aki no yo no tsuki”: the moon addressed, the same last line as 309.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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