Omou koto ariake gata no tsukikage ni aware o souru saoshika no koe - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

思ふことありあけ方の月影に
あはれを添ふるさを鹿の声

Roma-ji: Omou koto ariake gata no tsukikage ni aware o souru saoshika no koe
English Translation: Burdened with my thoughts,
in the light of the dawn moon
that lingers in the sky,
adding sorrow to sorrow,
the voice of the stag rings out
Meaning: Troubled and sleepless as the dawn moon lingers, I hear the stag's cry, adding yet more sorrow to the scene.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 223

Unable to sleep for troubled thoughts at dawn, in the light of the lingering moon, the poet hears the stag's cry deepen the feeling of melancholy. The poem layers the troubled heart, the dawn moon and the deer's voice into the pathos of autumn.
From poem 222 through poem 226 in this book come poems on the deer, in which the stag's cry for its mate draws out many feelings, such as the loneliness of travel and of sleeping alone.

First line, 'omou koto', means things that trouble the heart, leading to ari in the second line.
Second line, 'ariake gata no', is a pivot word in which ari means both 'there are' troubling thoughts and the ari of ariake, the dawn moon. Poem 213 in this book uses the same pivot.
Third line, 'tsukikage ni', means in the moonlight.
Fourth line, 'aware o souru', means adding to the deep feeling.
Final line, 'saoshika no koe', is the voice of the stag, ending on a noun.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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