Asa no tsuki Shinoda no mori no chie yori mo shigeki nageki ya kuma nakaruran

あさの月信太の森の千枝よりも
繁きなげきやくまなかるらん

Roma-ji: Asa no tsuki Shinoda no mori no chie yori mo shigeki nageki ya kuma nakaruran
English Translation: Moon of early dawn,
more than the thousand branches
of Shinoda Wood
is it my thick-grown grief that
you light up and leave no shade?
Meaning: Moon of the dawn, is it my laments, grown thicker than the thousand branches of Shinoda Forest, that you light up leaving no shadow?
Commentary: Love Poems 651

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
Shinoda Forest in Izumi is a poetic place known for a camphor tree that divided into a thousand branches. The poet is taken to ask whether the moon lingering until dawn lights up, leaving nothing in shadow, his own laments, which grow thicker even than those thousand branches. The ki of nageki, lament, carries ki, tree, setting it against the branches of the forest to convey how many are the laments of a night spent in brooding.

First line, “asa no tsuki”: taken to mean the moon lingering in the dawn sky, answering the topic.
Second line, “Shinoda no mori no”: Shinoda Forest is a poetic place in Izumi known for a camphor tree with a thousand branches.
Third line, “chie yori mo”: more than its thousand branches.
Fourth line, “shigeki nageki ya”: nageki is a pivot word, lament carrying ki, tree, set against the branches of the forest; the binding particle ya answers ran at the end.
Fifth line, “kuma nakaruran”: kumanashi is without shadow, leaving nothing out: does the moon light them all? closing with the question.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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