Idenagara kumo ni kakururu tsukikage o kasanete matsu ya Futamura no yama

出でながら雲に隠るる月影を
重ねて待つや二村の山

Roma-ji: Idenagara kumo ni kakururu tsukikage o kasanete matsu ya Futamura no yama
English Translation: Though it has come out,
hidden by the clouds again,
for the moon's bright light
twice now I must wait, it seems,
here upon Futamura Hill.
Meaning: Though the moon has risen, it hides behind the clouds, and here on Futamura Hill I must wait for it all over again.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 383

Headnote: "Waiting long for the moon"
The topic is waiting a long time for the moon. The poet waited for the moon to come over the mountain rim, and no sooner has it risen than it hides behind clouds, so on Futamura Hill he must wait for it twice over. The length of the wait is expressed through waiting twice.
The futa, two, in the place name Futamura echoes the doubled waiting and is linked with kasanete. The next poem also sings of waiting for a break in the clouds, so poems on the topic of waiting for the moon follow one another.

First line, “idenagara”: though it has come out over the rim.
Second line, “kumo ni kakururu”: hiding behind the clouds.
Third line, “tsukikage o”: the moon, its light.
Fourth line, “kasanete matsu ya”: waiting once more, with ya an exclamatory particle; the two waits are for the moonrise and for the clouds to clear.
Fifth line, “Futamura no yama”: ending on a noun, Futamura Hill, a famous place in Owari, whose futa, two, echoes kasanete in the fourth line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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