Itodoshiku omokage ni tatsu koyoi kana tsuki o miyo tomo chigirazarishi ni - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いとどしく面影に立つ今宵かな
月を見よとも契らざりしに

Roma-ji: Itodoshiku omokage ni tatsu koyoi kana tsuki o miyo tomo chigirazarishi ni
English Translation: All the more vivid
your image rises to me
upon this night,
though we never made a vow
to gaze upon the moon
Meaning: Tonight your image rises before me more vividly than ever, though we never promised each other to look at the moon and remember.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 424

Though the lovers never promised to think of each other while looking at the moon, tonight, as the poet gazes at it, the beloved's image rises all the more vividly. The poem shows how the longing for the beloved wells up of itself at the sight of the moon, with no promise needed.
Poems that think of a lover by moonlight also appear as poems 453 and 470 in this book, the moon recurring as an image that stirs the thoughts of love.

First line, 'itodoshiku', means all the more.
Second line, 'omokage ni tatsu', means the image rises before my eyes.
Third line, 'koyoi kana', means this night, the poem breaking after the third line with the exclamatory kana.
Fourth line, 'tsuki o miyo tomo', means saying look at the moon and think of me, drawing on lovers' promises to remember each other by the moon.
Final line, 'chigirazarishi ni', means though we did not promise, with the negative zu, the past ki and the concessive particle ni.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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