Tsukikage ni hana miru yowa no ukigumo wa kaze no tsurasa ni otorazari keri - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

月影に花見る夜半の浮雲は
風のつらさにおとらざりけり

Roma-ji: Tsukikage ni hana miru yowa no ukigumo wa kaze no tsurasa ni otorazari keri
English Translation: By the light of the moon
as I view the flowers at night,
the drifting clouds
are no less cruel to me
than the winds that scatter them
Meaning: On a night when I view the blossoms by moonlight, the drifting clouds that hide the moon are no less cruel than the wind that scatters the flowers.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 56

Viewing the blossoms by moonlight, the poet finds drifting clouds hiding the moon and feels them as cruel as the wind that scatters flowers. Against the wind that spoils daytime viewing, it takes up the clouds that spoil viewing by night.
The author, Masafusa, is Ōe no Masafusa. A son of Ōe no Narihira, he rose to Provisional Middle Counselor. He served three emperors, Go-Sanjō, Shirakawa and Horikawa, and was the foremost scholar of his day.

First line, 'tsukikage ni', uses tsukikage, the light of the moon.
Second line, 'hana miru yowa no', is a scene of viewing flowers at night, a mood different from daytime viewing.
Third line, 'ukigumo wa', are clouds drifting across the sky, set as what hides the moon.
Fourth line, 'kaze no tsurasa ni', is the cruelty of the wind that scatters the flowers, taking up the fear of the gale in poem 55.
Final line, 'otorazari keri', means they were no less, with keri expressing discovery.
Author: Oe no Masafusa
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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