Omoiyaru kokoro wa miete hashi no ue ni arasoikeri na tsuki no kage nomi

思ひやる心は見えて橋の上に
争ひけりな月の影のみ

Roma-ji: Omoiyaru kokoro wa miete hashi no ue ni arasoikeri na tsuki no kage nomi
English Translation: Your heart thinking of me
has come clearly into view—
there upon the bridge,
how it vied, I see, with nothing
but the radiance of the moon.
Meaning: I can see your heart thinking of me—there on the bridge, it seems, it was vying with nothing but the moonlight.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1158

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Saijū's reply to Saigyō's poem. I can see how you think of me, he answers; on the bridge, your longing and the moonlight must have been vying with each other.
Using Saigyō's closing line "the moonlight, nothing more" unchanged and answering "what vies" with "how it vied," he makes the response plain. Even in the capital Saijū can picture the moon on the bridge at Kōya and his friend's longing. Saijū was a monk who long traveled with Saigyō as his companion.

First line, “omoiyaru”: sending one's thoughts afar, Saigyō's heart turned toward him.
Second line, “kokoro wa miete”: that heart is plain to see.
Third line, “hashi no ue ni”: the same third line as the preceding poem, the bridge at the Inner Sanctuary.
Fourth line, “arasoikeri na”: keri marks realization and na is exclamatory, "how they vied," answering "arasou mono wa."
Fifth line, “tsuki no kage nomi”: ending on a noun, the closing line of the preceding poem taken whole.
Author: Saijū
Source: Sankashu
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