Yoshi saraba namida no ike ni sode narete kokoro no mama ni tsuki o yadosan

よしさらば涙の池に袖なれて
心のままに月を宿さん

Roma-ji: Yoshi saraba namida no ike ni sode narete kokoro no mama ni tsuki o yadosan
English Translation: Very well, then, let
my sleeves in this pond of tears
grow used to dwelling,
and to my heart's content I
will let the moon lodge in them.
Meaning: Very well, then: let my sleeves grow used to this pond of tears, and I will let the moon lodge in them to my heart's content.
Commentary: Love Poems 634

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
If the moon lodges in his tears, then let his sleeves grow wholly used to a pond brimming with tears, and he will lodge the moon there to his heart's content. In a tone of defiant resignation, the pain of love whose tears will not stop is turned into the pleasure of lodging the moon.
Following the preceding poems on the moon lodging in tears, this one widens the tears into a pond, while the next poem, 635, worries in turn where the moon could lodge if the sleeves were to rot away, so that the two poems form a pair.

First line, “yoshi saraba”: very well, then, a tone of reckless resignation.
Second line, “namida no ike ni”: in the pond that my gathered tears have made.
Third line, “sode narete”: naru is to grow familiar: my sleeves grown wholly used to the pond of tears.
Fourth line, “kokoro no mama ni”: to my heart's content.
Fifth line, “tsuki o yadosan”: n is intention: I will lodge the moon there, answering the topic.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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