Kono yo ni wa yama no ha izuru tsuki o nomi matsu koto nite mo yaminubeki kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

この世には山の端出づる月をのみ
待つことにてもやみぬべきかな

Roma-ji: Kono yo ni wa yama no ha izuru tsuki o nomi matsu koto nite mo yaminubeki kana
English Translation: In this world it seems
that waiting for the moon
to rise from the ridge,
only waiting, nothing more,
my life will come to an end
Meaning: In this world, it seems, my life will end with nothing but waiting for the moon to rise above the mountain ridge.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 535

In this world, the poet says, life seems likely to end in nothing but waiting for the moon to rise from the mountain ridge. Waiting for the moonrise is overlaid on waiting for one's hopes to be fulfilled, and the poem laments a life that seems destined to end in waiting with nothing granted. Since the moon also symbolizes salvation in the next life, a heart giving up its hopes for this world can be read as well.
In this book, poems 538, 539 and 580 also sing of the moon, its light evoking the Buddhist path and the Western Pure Land.

First line, 'kono yo ni wa', means in this world, the present life as against the next.
Second line, 'yama no ha izuru', means rising from the mountain ridge.
Third line, 'tsuki o nomi', means only the moon, the particle nomi expressing limitation.
Fourth line, 'matsu koto nite mo', means even in waiting.
Final line, 'yaminubeki kana', means it seems it will end, the perfective nu, the attributive of the conjectural beshi and the exclamatory kana.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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