Ika ni semu nageki no mori wa shigekeredo ko no ma no tsuki no kakure naki yo o - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いかにせむなげきの森は繁けれど
木の間の月の隠れなき世を

Roma-ji: Ika ni semu nageki no mori wa shigekeredo ko no ma no tsuki no kakure naki yo o
English Translation: What am I to do?
Though in the Forest of Grief
the trees grow thickly,
the moon between the branches
shines in a world with nowhere to hide
Meaning: What am I to do? Though the Forest of Grief grows thick, this is a world where, like the moon between the trees, nothing can stay hidden.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 448

Though the Forest of Grief grows thick, the moon between its trees cannot be hidden, and so, the poet says, love wrapped in deep grief cannot escape being known; what is to be done? Singing of the Forest of Grief, a famous place in Ōsumi, and the moon between its trees, the poem conveys a love that cannot be hidden however one tries.
Taking up the nageki of Moruyama in the preceding poem, 447, this poem sings of the Forest of Grief, widening grief from a mountain to a forest.

First line, 'ika ni semu', means what am I to do, the poem breaking after the first line. By inversion it leads on to yo o in the final line.
Second line, 'nageki no mori wa', is a pivot word in which nageki means both grief and the Forest of Grief, a famous place in Ōsumi, left in kana. It is the same word as nageki in the fourth line of the preceding poem, 447.
Third line, 'shigekeredo', means though the trees grow thick, overlaid with the abundance of grief.
Fourth line, 'ko no ma no tsuki no', means of the moon seen between the trees.
Final line, 'kakure naki yo o', means in a world where nothing can hide, referring to love becoming known to others. The o carries a note of lament.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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