Kozue moru tsuki mo aware o omou beshi hikari ni gushite tsuyu no koboruru

梢漏る月もあはれを思ふべし
光に具して露のこぼるる

Roma-ji: Kozue moru tsuki mo aware o omou beshi hikari ni gushite tsuyu no koboruru
English Translation: The moon that leaks through
the treetops must also feel
the sorrow of things—
for, keeping company with its light,
the dewdrops come spilling down.
Meaning: The moon filtering through the treetops must feel the sadness of things too, for dewdrops come spilling down along with its light.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1110

Headnote: "At the lodging called Heichi, while I was viewing the moon, dew from the treetops fell on my sleeves"
Viewing the moon at the Heichi lodging in Ōmine, Saigyō felt dew from the treetops fall on his sleeves. The moon filtering through the branches must feel sorrow too, he says, since dew spills down along with its light.
Seeing the dew that falls with the moonlight as the moon's tears, the poem gives the moon a heart. The dew on his sleeves merges with the poet's own tears, and moon and man share the feeling of sorrow.

First line, “kozue moru”: leaking through the treetops.
Second line, “tsuki mo aware o”: mo means "the moon too," not only people.
Third line, “omou beshi”: beshi is conjectural, "it must feel"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “hikari ni gushite”: accompanying the light.
Fifth line, “tsuyu no koboruru”: ending on the attributive, "the dew spills," with feeling, the dew seen as the moon's tears.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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