Hitori fusu kusa no makura no tsuyu no ue ni shiranu nohara no tsuki o miru kana

ひとり臥す草の枕の露の上に
知らぬ野原の月を見るかな

Roma-ji: Hitori fusu kusa no makura no tsuyu no ue ni shiranu nohara no tsuki o miru kana
English Translation: Lying all alone
on my pillow made of grass,
upon the dew
of an unfamiliar moor
I gaze at the moon.
Meaning: Lying alone on my pillow of grass, I see the moon of an unknown moor reflected upon the dew.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 577

Headnote: "Moon at a lodging on a journey"
Sleeping alone on a pillow of grass, the poet sees the moonlight of an unknown moor reflected in the dew on his pillow. The unease of a traveller gazing at a strange land's moon and the beauty of the moon in the dew are drawn together. Kamo no Mabuchi marked this poem with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it in its travel section.

Line 1 means "lying alone," sharing its first two lines with the preceding poem; that poem tied the pillow's dew to the deer's voice, this one to the moonlight.
Line 2 means "of the pillow of grass."
Line 3 means "upon the dew," the same conceit as the moonlight lodging on the pillow in 566 of this book.
Line 4 means "of an unknown moor," conveying the traveller's unease.
Line 5 means "I see the moon," kana exclamatory.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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