秋の夜の月に心のあくがれて
雲居にものを思ふころかな
雲居にものを思ふころかな
- Roma-ji
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Aki no yo no tsuki ni kokoro no akugarete kumoi ni mono o omou koro kana
- English Translation
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On an autumn night
drawn out by the moon, my heart
wanders far away,
and high among the clouds
lost in thought, these days I dwell
- Meaning
- Drawn out by the moon on autumn nights, my heart wanders away, and these days I sink into brooding up among the clouds.
- Commentary
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Book Three Autumn Poems 106
Headnote: "Composed for the poetry contest at the palace in the second year of Kanna"
Retired Emperor Kazan, while still on the throne, composed this for the palace poetry contest of Kanna 2 (986).
His heart drifts out toward the moon and broods alone high in the sky. Since kumoi can also mean the palace, it can be read as the heart of an emperor troubled within the court. It was composed at the same contest as 89 in this book, and it closes the sequence of moon poems.
The first line, "aki no yo no," is the same opening as 103 and 104 in this book and rounds off the poems on the autumn moon.
The second line, "tsuki ni kokoro no," like the second line of 101 in this book, shows a heart turned toward the moon.
The third line, "akugarete," means the heart leaves the body and wanders away.
The fourth line, "kumoi ni mono o," means "in the far sky among the clouds," also hinting at the palace.
The last line, "omou koro kana," closes with the exclamatory kana: "these days of brooding."
- Author
- Retired Emperor Kazan
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
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