Shrine to Tsukuyomi, Shinto God of the Moon, Kyoto

Two Poems by Jakuren  (1139?-1202)

1.

tsukuyomi no             

hikari o machite          

kaerimase                 

yamaji wa kure no  

iga no utsureba

wait until the moon-god shines

before you leave for home:

chestnut burrs have fallen

on the mountain path

2.

yamakage no

kusano iori wa

ito samushi

shiba o takitsutsu

yo o akashiten

awake and heaping

brushwood on the ashes

winter night