愛発山雪降り積もる高嶺より
冴えても出づる夜半の月かな
冴えても出づる夜半の月かな
- Roma-ji
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Arachiyama yuki furitsumoru takane yori saete mo izuru yowa no tsuki kana
- English Translation
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On Mount Arachi
where the snow is falling deep,
from the lofty peak
cold and clear it rises up,
the moon at dead of night
- Meaning
- From the high peak of Mount Arachi, where the snow lies deep, the midnight moon rises, cold and clear.
- Commentary
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Book Eleven Variant Poems 685
From the high peak of Mount Arachi, where snow lies deep, the midnight moon rises with cold, clear light. Overlaying the whiteness of the snow with the chill of the moonlight, the poem captures the stern, clear scene of a mountain in winter.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 293 in Book Four. Poem 293 sings of the moon and the snow. Mount Arachi also appears in 596 and 597 in Book Nine.
First line, 'Arachiyama', means Mount Arachi in Echizen, a snowy mountain at a key point on the Hokurikudō road.
Second line, 'yuki furitsumoru', means where snow falls and piles up.
Third line, 'takane yori', means from the high peak.
Fourth line, 'saete mo izuru', means rising cold and clear, overlaying the chill of the snow with the chill of the moonlight.
Final line, 'yowa no tsuki kana', means the moon at midnight, closing with kana. Poem 293 in Book Four also sings of moon and snow.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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