Kinkai wakashū 519

On the moon, while waiting for a man.

しのぶればくるしきものを山のはにさしいづる月の影に見えなむ

shinobureba
kurushiki mono o
yama no ha ni
sashi’izuru tsuki no
kage ni mienamu
When I ponder upon it,
How much it does hurt—
From the mountain’s edge,
Emerging, the moon’s
Bright face I wish would appear…

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