His reply:
たちいらで雲まをわけし月かげはまたぬけしきやそらにみえけん
| tachi irade kumoma o wakeshi tsuki kage wa matanu keshiki ya sora ni mieken |
Not entering in, but Passing ‘tween the clouds, The moonlight, That you had failed to wait, Saw from the skies, perhaps? |
The Monk Saigyō
西行