English poem
Poem 86 (1Nageke tote…)
by Saigyō (1118–1190)
1Nageke tote Tsuki ya wa mono wo 1Omowasuru Kakochi-gao naru Waga namida kana. ’ercome with pity for this world, 1My tears obscure my sight; I wonder, can it be the moon 1Whose melancholy light 1Has saddened me to-night?