Yomosugara tsuki o nagamete chigiri okishi sono mutsugoto ni yami wa hareniki

夜もすがら月を眺めて契り置きし
その睦言に闇は晴れにき

Roma-ji: Yomosugara tsuki o nagamete chigiri okishi sono mutsugoto ni yami wa hareniki
English Translation: All the long night through
gazing at the moon, we made
our promise; and through
those words of intimate talk
the darkness in me was cleared.
Meaning: Through that intimate talk in which we made our promise, gazing at the moon all night long, the darkness in my heart was cleared away.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 732

Headnote: "When the Minister of the Right of Nakanoin told me of his resolve to take vows, the moon was very bright and the whole night was deeply moving; when dawn came I went home, and afterward he wrote to say how much that night stayed with him"
On the night that Minamoto no Masasada, the Minister of the Right of Nakanoin, told Saigyō of his resolve to take vows, the moon was very bright and they talked tenderly through the night. Afterward Masasada wrote to say how much that night lingered with him, sending this poem. Through the promise exchanged as they gazed at the moon, the darkness of his heart was cleared, the moon's light overlapping with the clearing of that darkness.

First line, “yomosugara”: all night long.
Second line, “tsuki o nagamete”: gazing at the moon, taking up the bright moon of the headnote.
Third line, “chigiri okishi”: the promise made, their talk of the resolve to take vows; a line of six syllables.
Fourth line, “sono mutsugoto ni”: mutsugoto is intimate talk.
Fifth line, “yami wa hareniki”: yami is the darkness of delusion, and hare, cleared, is linked to the moon; niki marks completion in the past.
Author: Minamoto no Masasada
Source: Sankashu
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