Kokoromi ni hoka no tsuki o mo miteshi kana waga yadokara no aware naru ka to - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

試みにほかの月をも見てしかな
我が宿からのあはれなるかと

Roma-ji: Kokoromi ni hoka no tsuki o mo miteshi kana waga yadokara no aware naru ka to
English Translation: Just to try it out,
I would like to see the moon
from some other place,
to learn if it is my house
that makes it move me so
Meaning: I would like, just as a test, to see the moon from somewhere else, to learn whether it is the charm of my own dwelling that makes it so moving.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 300

The moon seen from his own dwelling moves him so deeply that the poet wants to view the moon elsewhere to learn whether it is the dwelling's charm that makes it so. Linking the moon's beauty to the atmosphere of his home and wishing to test the reason, it is a playful poem.

The first line, "kokoromi ni" (as a test), means trying it out.
The second line, "hoka no tsuki o mo," uses "mo": the moon seen elsewhere as well.
The third line, "miteshi kana," ends with the wishful "teshi kana": I would like to see it, with a break after the third line. Poem 277 of this book also breaks after the third line with "miteshi kana."
The fourth line, "waga yadokara no," uses "kara" for the nature or character of a thing: because of my dwelling's charm.
The final line, "aware naru ka to," uses "ka" and "to" to give by inversion what he wants to learn: whether it is so moving.
Author: Retired Emperor Kazan
Source: Shika Wakashu
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