Imakon to
iishibakarini nagatsukino
Ariake no tsuki o
machiidetsurukana
I’m on my way
you said, so through the long night
until seeing the moon at dawn
I waited
Monk Sosei (844-910)
今己舞止
以日之者可利爾
長月乃阿利明能都幾
越万遲以天徒留哉
Imakon to
iishibakarini nagatsukino
Ariake no tsuki o
machiidetsurukana
I’m on my way
you said, so through the long night
until seeing the moon at dawn
I waited
Monk Sosei (844-910)
今己舞止
以日之者可利爾
長月乃阿利明能都幾
越万遲以天徒留哉