Amagumo no haruru misora no tsukikage ni urami nagusamu Obasute no yama

天雲の晴るるみ空の月影に
恨み慰む姨捨の山

Roma-ji: Amagumo no haruru misora no tsukikage ni urami nagusamu Obasute no yama
English Translation: By the moonlight from
the sky where the clouds of heaven
clear away at last,
resentment is soothed and stilled
at Mount Obasute.
Meaning: By the light of the moon in a sky where the clouds of heaven clear, resentment is soothed, here at Mount Obasute.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 886

Headnote: "The chapter on Encouraging Devotion"
The topic is the chapter on Encouraging Devotion in the Lotus Sutra. It tells how the nun Mahāprajāpatī, the Buddha's aunt, felt aggrieved that her name was not among those foretold to attain Buddhahood, and then received from the Buddha the prophecy of her future enlightenment. Joining the aunt to Obasute, famed for its moon, whose name contains oba, aunt, the poet says that by the light of the moon in a sky where the clouds clear, resentment is soothed.

First line, “amagumo no”: of the clouds of heaven.
Second line, “haruru misora no”: of the clearing sky; mi is an honorific prefix.
Third line, “tsukikage ni”: by the moonlight, a figure for the Buddha's prophecy.
Fourth line, “urami nagusamu”: resentment soothed, the aunt's grievance cleared by the prophecy.
Fifth line, “Obasute no yama”: the mountain in Shinano famed for its moon, oba hinting at the Buddha's aunt; ending on a noun.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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