Nagamureba fukeyuku mama ni kumo harete sora mo nodoka ni sumeru tsuki kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

眺むれば更けゆくままに雲晴れて
空ものどかに澄める月かな

Roma-ji: Nagamureba fukeyuku mama ni kumo harete sora mo nodoka ni sumeru tsuki kana
English Translation: As I gaze on it,
with the deepening of night
the clouds clear away,
and in the tranquil sky too
the moon shines limpid and bright
Meaning: As I gaze, the clouds clear away while the night grows late, and the moon shines clear in a calm sky.
Commentary: Book Eleven Variant Poems 677

As the poet gazes, lost in thought, the clouds clear while the night deepens, the sky grows calm, and the moon shines clear. The poem captures the sky clearing with the passing of time and the quiet clarity of the moon.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 201 in Book Three. Poem 199 in Book Three shares this poem's third line, kumo harete, and final line, sumeru tsuki kana.

First line, 'nagamureba', means as I gaze, the realis followed by ba.
Second line, 'fukeyuku mama ni', means as the night grows late.
Third line, 'kumo harete', means the clouds clearing. It is the same as the third line of 199 in Book Three.
Fourth line, 'sora mo nodoka ni', means the sky too calm, the stillness of a sky cleared of clouds.
Final line, 'sumeru tsuki kana', means the moon shining clear, the attributive of the continuative ri followed by a noun and kana. It is the same as the final line of 199 in Book Three.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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