Oshimu yo no tsuki ni naraite ariake no iranu o maneku hanasusuki kana

惜しむ夜の月にならひて有明の
入らぬを招く花薄かな

Roma-ji: Oshimu yo no tsuki ni naraite ariake no iranu o maneku hanasusuki kana
English Translation: As we grieve to lose
the night's moon, so following,
the moon of dawn there,
not yet set, it beckons on,
pampas grass in flowering plume.
Meaning: Following our example as we grieve to part with the night's moon, the plumed pampas grass beckons to the dawn moon that has not yet set.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 385

Headnote: "Pampas grass before the moon"
The topic is pampas grass before the moon. Just as people grieve to part with the night's moon, the plumed pampas grass seems to beckon to the dawn moon not yet set, as if begging it not to go. The swaying plumes are likened to hands beckoning the moon, and the grass is pictured as having the heart of one who grieves over the moon.
The image of pampas plumes beckoning was used in 273 and 297, but here the one beckoned is the moon. The reluctance to see the moon set, sung up to 378, is entrusted here to the pampas grass.

First line, “oshimu yo no”: of the night that people grieve to part with, modifying tsuki in the second line.
Second line, “tsuki ni naraite”: narau is to imitate, following people's grieving over the moon.
Third line, “ariake no”: of the moon still in the sky after daybreak, naming the moon that is the subject of iranu.
Fourth line, “iranu o maneku”: beckoning to the dawn moon while it has not yet set, likening the swaying plumes to a beckoning hand.
Fifth line, “hanasusuki kana”: pampas grass in plume, closing with kana.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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