Yoi no ma no tsuyu ni shiorete ominaeshi ariake no tsuki no kage ni tawaruru

宵の間の露にしをれて女郎花
有明の月の影にたはるる

Roma-ji: Yoi no ma no tsuyu ni shiorete ominaeshi ariake no tsuki no kage ni tawaruru
English Translation: In the early night
drooping with the weight of dew,
the maidenflower
in the light of the dawn moon
plays and dallies merrily.
Meaning: The maidenflower that drooped under the dew in the early night now sways playfully in the light of the dawn moon.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 391

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Autumn flowers before the moon"
This poem continues the topic of autumn flowers before the moon. The maidenflower that drooped under the weight of the dew in the early night now sways playfully in the light of the dawn moon. As time moves from evening to dawn, the change in the maidenflower's figure is likened to a woman's behavior.
Like tawarete tateru ominaeshi kana in 297, it likens the maidenflower to a flirtatious woman. It also echoes 278, where the maidenflower is bowed by dew and cannot rise, and here she is shown risen at dawn and at play.

First line, “yoi no ma no”: in the early night.
Second line, “tsuyu ni shiorete”: drooping with the weight of the dew.
Third line, “ominaeshi”: the subject of the following lines, likened to a woman.
Fourth line, “ariake no tsuki no”: a hypermetric line of eight syllables, of the moon still in the sky after daybreak.
Fifth line, “kage ni tawaruru”: kage is the moonlight and tawaru to flirt or play, showing the maidenflower at play in the moonlight.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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