みる程ぞしばしなぐさむ歎きつつねぬ夜の空の有明の月
| miru hodo zo shibashi nagusamu nagekitsutsu nenu yo no sora no ariake no tsuki | While gazing on it Briefly am I consoled: Ever grieving After a sleepless night in the sky Hangs the dawntime moon.[i] |
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[i] An allusive variation on: 見るほどぞしばしなぐさむめぐりあはん月の都は遥かなれども miru hodo zo / shibashi nagusamu / meguri awan / tsuki no miyako wa / harukanaredomo ‘While gazing on it / Briefly am I consoled: / A meeting will come around once more, / Though the capital as the moon / Is distant…’ Hikaru Genji (Genji monogatari 204)