Although I knocked upon the gates of a place which I visited secretly, they were not opened so I returned home and, the following morning:
おぼつかなまだあけぬ夜の月を見てあまのとばかりながめられしか
| obotukana mada akenu yo no tuki wo mite ama no to bakari nagameraresika |
How bothersome! As yet unlightened, this night’s Moon’s traverse have I spent Upon the Gates of Heaven My gaze bending. |