Matsu yoi no fuke yuku dani mo aru mono o tsuki sae ayana katabukinikeri

待つ宵の更けゆくだにもあるものを
月さへあやな傾きにけり

Roma-ji: Matsu yoi no fuke yuku dani mo aru mono o tsuki sae ayana katabukinikeri
English Translation: The waiting evening
growing late is hard enough
to bear, and yet
even the moon, for no good reason,
has sunk low in the west.
Meaning: It is hard enough that the evening of waiting grows late, and yet even the moon, for no good reason, has sunk low.
Commentary: Love Poems 557

Headnote: "To someone who had led me to expect a visit"
It is painful enough that the evening of waiting grows late, yet even the moon has idly sunk toward the west. The passing of a night spent waiting for one who promised to come is shown by the setting moon.
The Ruijū text gives the headnote as "Sent to one who had led me to expect a visit."

Line 1 means "of the evening of waiting."
Line 2 means "even its growing late," dani implying a greater case.
Line 3 means "is hard, and yet," mono o being adversative, with an extra syllable.
Line 4 means "even the moon, senselessly," ayana meaning without reason.
Line 5 means "has sunk," keri exclamatory. Whereas 518 sang of the moon rising on an evening of waiting, this sings of the moon setting on a night of waiting.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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