Iori sasu kusa no makura ni tomonaite sasa no tsuyu ni mo yadoru tsuki kana

庵さす草の枕に伴ひて
笹の露にも宿る月かな

Roma-ji: Iori sasu kusa no makura ni tomonaite sasa no tsuyu ni mo yadoru tsuki kana
English Translation: Keeping company
with my grass-pillowed lodging
in this makeshift hut,
in the dew upon the bamboo grass
the moon has found a place to stay.
Meaning: Keeping me company as I sleep pillowed on grass in my makeshift hut, the moon has come to lodge even in the dew on the bamboo grass.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1109

Headnote: "At the Sasa lodging"
Composed at the Sasa lodging, a practice site in Ōmine. Keeping company with the poet, who has put up a makeshift hut and sleeps pillowed on grass, the moon lodges even in the dew on the bamboo grass.
Making use of the name Sasa, "bamboo grass," he paints the moon in the dew as a companion of his night on the road. Just as a traveler lodges at an inn, the moon lodges in the dew, and the image softens a lonely night of austerities. After the moon clear in the pond of the preceding poem, this one sings of the moon lodged in dew.

First line, “iori sasu”: putting up a makeshift hut.
Second line, “kusa no makura ni”: on a pillow of grass, sleeping on the road.
Third line, “tomonaite”: keeping company, the moon as the traveler's companion.
Fourth line, “sasa no tsuyu ni mo”: sasa doubles as the lodging's name; mo means "even in the dew."
Fifth line, “yadoru tsuki kana”: yadoru joins a traveler's lodging with the moon reflected in dew; kana is exclamatory.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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