Tsuki ni hajite sashiiderarenu kokoro kana nagamu ga sode ni kage no yadoreba

月に恥ぢてさし出でられぬ心かな
眺むが袖に影の宿れば

Roma-ji: Tsuki ni hajite sashiiderarenu kokoro kana nagamu ga sode ni kage no yadoreba
English Translation: Ashamed before the moon,
how my heart cannot bring itself
to come out in view—
for on the sleeves of one who gazes,
its light finds a place to dwell.
Meaning: Ashamed before the moon, my heart cannot bring itself to come forward, for its light lodges in the tears on my sleeves as I gaze.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1409

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Ashamed before the moon, his heart cannot come forward, for its light lodges in the tears on his sleeves as he gazes, the poet says.
He is ashamed to let the moon see him weeping at it. Following the preceding poem's self-rebuke not to gaze at the moon, it sings of feeling his weakness seen through by the moon reflected in his tears.

First line, “tsuki ni hajite”: ashamed before the moon; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “sashiiderarenu”: rare is potential, "unable to come forward."
Third line, “kokoro kana”: kana is exclamatory; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “nagamu ga sode ni”: both the text and the reading line have nagamu ga, taken as "on my sleeves as I gaze."
Fifth line, “kage no yadoreba”: since the light lodges there, the inversion giving the cause of shame.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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