Kitari tomo nuru ma mo araji natsu no yo no ariake no tsuki mo katabukinikeri - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

来たりとも寝る間もあらじ夏の夜の
有明の月も傾きにけり

Roma-ji: Kitari tomo nuru ma mo araji natsu no yo no ariake no tsuki mo katabukinikeri
English Translation: Even should you come,
there would be no time to sleep —
on this summer night
the moon that lingers at dawn
has already sunk so low
Meaning: Even if you came now, there would be no time for us to sleep; the dawn moon of this short summer night has already begun to sink.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 247

While waiting for the beloved, the short summer night has turned to dawn and even the lingering moon has begun to sink. The long hours of waiting meet the brevity of the summer night, and the poem conveys both impatience and resignation that even if the beloved came, there would be no time together.

The first line, "kitari tomo" (even should you come), uses the concessive "tomo."
The second line, "nuru ma mo araji," uses the negative conjectural "ji": there would be no time to sleep together. A break falls after the second line.
The third line, "natsu no yo no" (of the summer night), refers to the short nights of summer.
The fourth line, "ariake no tsuki mo," names the moon still in the sky at dawn, with "mo" adding "even the moon."
The final line, "katabukinikeri," combines the perfective "nu" and exclamatory "keri," ending with the realization that the moon has sunk.
Author: Sone no Yoshitada
Source: Shika Wakashu
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