Konoha chireba tsuki ni kokoro zo arawaruru miyamagakure ni suman to omou ni

木の葉散れば月に心ぞあらはるる
深山隠れに住まんと思ふに

Roma-ji: Konoha chireba tsuki ni kokoro zo arawaruru miyamagakure ni suman to omou ni
English Translation: When the leaves have fallen,
in the moonlight my own heart
is laid bare to view,
though in the deep mountains' shade
I had thought to live concealed.
Meaning: Once the leaves have fallen, my heart is laid bare in the moonlight, though I had meant to live hidden away deep in the mountains.
Commentary: Winter Poems 495

Headnote: "Falling leaves at dawn"
The topic is leaves falling at dawn. When the leaves have all fallen, the dawn moonlight streams in unobstructed, and even the heart of the poet, who means to live hidden deep in the mountains, is exposed by its light. The heart that seeks to hide from the world is set against the moonlight that reveals everything.
The next poem is the second on the same topic. Where 494 in this book told of a dwelling hidden by leaves, this poem tells of a heart revealed by their falling, so what the leaves conceal and what their falling uncovers form a pair.

First line, “konoha chireba”: a hypermetric line of six syllables, once the leaves have fallen; ba marks an established condition.
Second line, “tsuki ni kokoro zo”: zo is an emphatic particle that binds with the attributive arawaruru in the third line.
Third line, “arawaruru”: to be laid bare, in the attributive form required by zo; the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, “miyamagakure ni”: miyamagakure is hiding deep in the mountains, or such a place.
Fifth line, “suman to omou ni”: n expresses intention and ni a concession, though I mean to live there; this line stands in inversion to the first three.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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