SKS IX: 324

When she had something on her mind and was unable to sleep, she sat awake all night gazing at the bright moon until dawn, and composed this when her garden became slightly darkened by a shower.

神無月あり明の空のしぐるるを又われならぬ人やみるらん

kaminaduki
ariake no sora no
sigururu wo
mata ware naranu
Fito ya miruran
In the Godless Month
The sky at dawn is
Covered with showers—
Other than I,
I wonder if he sees it, too?

Akazome Emon

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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