Aki no tsuki mono omou hito no tame tote ya uki omokage ni soete izuran

秋の月物思ふ人のためとてや
憂き面影に添へて出づらん

Roma-ji: Aki no tsuki mono omou hito no tame tote ya uki omokage ni soete izuran
English Translation: The moon of autumn,
is it for one who broods
on love that it now,
along with the painful image
of my love, comes rising up?
Meaning: Does the autumn moon rise bringing the painful image of my beloved with it, for the sake of one who broods over love?
Commentary: Love Poems 641

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
When the autumn moon rises, the image of the cold beloved rises along with it. Does the moon, the poet asks, come out bringing her image on purpose, for the sake of one who broods on love? The pain of seeing the beloved's image every time he sees the moon is expressed as though it were the moon's own design.

First line, “aki no tsuki”: the autumn moon, answering the topic.
Second line, “mono omou hito no”: one who broods over love, the poet himself.
Third line, “tame tote ya”: the binding particle ya marks a question and is answered by the attributive ran at the end.
Fourth line, “uki omokage ni”: ushi is painful: the painful image of the cold beloved.
Fifth line, “soete izuran”: does it rise bringing it along? closing in the attributive form answering ya.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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