Miyako nite tsuki o aware to omoishi wa kazu yori hoka no susabi narikeri

都にて月をあはれと思ひしは
数より外のすさびなりけり

Roma-ji: Miyako nite tsuki o aware to omoishi wa kazu yori hoka no susabi narikeri
English Translation: In the capital,
when I thought the moon so moving,
it was, I see now,
a mere pastime of no worth,
not worth counting with the rest.
Meaning: When I thought the moon so moving back in the capital, it was, I now see, a mere pastime of no account at all.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 418

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon at a travel lodging"
This poem continues the topic of the moon at a travel lodging and closes the poems on the moon seen on journeys. Having seen the moon on the road, the poet realizes that thinking the moon moving while he was in the capital was a mere pastime, not worth counting. Knowing the deep aware of the moon of the road, he looks back on how he viewed the moon in the capital.
It states still more strongly the feeling of 411, that the moon is most moving on a journey, and the poems on the travelling moon close with the contrast between the moon of the capital and the moon of the road.

First line, “miyako nite”: while in the capital.
Second line, “tsuki o aware to”: that the moon was deeply moving.
Third line, “omoishi wa”: shi is the attributive of the past auxiliary ki, what I thought.
Fourth line, “kazu yori hoka no”: beyond counting, of no account.
Fifth line, “susabi narikeri”: susabi is a pastime or idle amusement, and narikeri expresses realization.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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