Saranu dani ukarete mono o omou mi no kokoro o sasou aki no yo no tsuki

さらぬだに浮かれてものを思ふ身の
心を誘ふ秋の夜の月

Roma-ji: Saranu dani ukarete mono o omou mi no kokoro o sasou aki no yo no tsuki
English Translation: Even as it is,
restless, lost in brooding thought,
for one such as I,
how it lures my heart away,
the moon of the autumn night.
Meaning: Even without it I am restless and lost in brooding thought, yet the autumn night's moon lures my heart away still further.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 404

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing my feelings through the moon"
This is the fourth poem in the series expressing thoughts through the moon. Even without the moon, the poet's heart is restless, leaving his body to wander, and he is lost in brooding thought, yet the autumn moon lures that heart still further away. He tells how the moon sets an already unsettled heart wandering all the more.
It echoes 327, with its heart lured far away by the moonlight, and 349, with its heart set wandering by the moon, and here the heart drawn out by the moon is sung as a reflection on himself.

First line, “saranu dani”: even when it is not so.
Second line, “ukarete mono o”: ukaru is for the heart to leave the body and wander, to be restless.
Third line, “omou mi no”: of one who broods.
Fourth line, “kokoro o sasou”: luring that heart still further.
Fifth line, “aki no yo no tsuki”: ending on a noun, the autumn moon that lures the heart away.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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