Composed in the conception of Love before the moon.
なげゝとて月やはものを思はするかこち顏なる我涙かな
| nageke tote tuki ya Fa mono wo omoFasuru kakoti kaFo naru wa ga namida kana |
What grieves me so – The moon? – when sunk In thought, It is a pretext for My tears, I think. |
The Monk En’i