Lodging on a journey.
袖のうへになるるがほなるひかりかな月こそ旅の心しりけれ
| sode no ue ni narurugao naru hikari kana tsuki koso tabi no kokoro shirikere | Upon my sleeves Seeming to run with tears Does the light! Even the moon the journey’s Mood does know![i] |
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[i] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. あひにあひて物思ふころのわが袖にやどる月さへぬるるかほなる ai ni aite / mono’omou koro no / wa ga sode ni / yadoru tsuki sae / nururu kao naru ‘So many times have we met; / In gloomy thought / Upon my sleeves / Where rests the moon / Even her face wet with tears.’ Ise (Kokinshū XV: 756)