Eikyū hyakushu 260

The Moon at Dawn 暁月

ことわりやみるほどもなく明けぬめり夜ふかくいづる山のはの月

kotowari ya
miru hodo mo naku
akenumeri
yo fukaku izuru
yama no ha no tsuki
How natural it is – that
Before I have had a chance to see
Dawn seems to arrive:
Emerging deep within the night,
The moon from yonder mountain’s edge…

Akinaka

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