深く入りて住まばやと思ふ山の端を
いかなる月の出づるなるらむ
いかなる月の出づるなるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Fukaku irite sumabaya to omou yama no ha o ikanaru tsuki no izuru naruramu
- English Translation
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Deep into the hills
I long to go and dwell there —
from that mountain's rim,
I wonder, what manner of moon
will it be that rises up
- Meaning
- I long to go deep into the mountains and live there — what kind of moon, I wonder, rises over that mountain ridge?
- Commentary
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Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 309
Longing to leave the world and live deep in the mountains, the poet wonders what kind of moon rises over that ridge. The yearning for retreat from the world is entrusted to thoughts of a mountain moon not yet seen.
The long run of moon poems in this book, beginning with the moon over Obasute in poem 287, ends with this poem of the moon over a mountain ridge.
The first line, "fukaku irite" (going deep within), has six syllables, an extra-syllable line.
The second line, "sumabaya to omou," uses the self-directed wish "baya": I wish to dwell there. It has eight syllables, an extra-syllable line.
The third line, "yama no ha o," uses "o" to mark the mountain ridge as where the moon rises. Poems 298 and 306 of this book also sing of the moon on the ridge.
The fourth line, "ikanaru tsuki no" (what kind of moon), poses the question.
The final line, "izuru naruramu," combines the copula "nari" and conjectural "ramu," wondering what will rise.
- Source
- Shika Wakashu
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