畑惟亮

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秋月入簾

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露洗明暉月似磨。
秋天雲盡片鴻過。
夜深■（簾）裡屝銀燭。
争引清光讀貝多。

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惟亮

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英訳

The dew is bathed in brilliant light，the moon a millstone shape.
From autumn skies the clouds have vanished, a single goose wings by.
Late at night within the blinds I put aside my silver candle --
The pure light admonishing me to read the Buddhist sutras.

Line four: Alternatively, this line might be interpreted to mean, "By any means [possible], I shall use the pure moonlight to read my Buddhist scriptures," if the first word is read as an interrogative ikade ka, instead of as the verb isamu, to remonstrate with, admonish." The expression 貝多 appears to be a contraction of 貝多羅葉 (Jp. baitarayō), the thick, tough leaves of the pattra tree, which were used in ancient India to record Buddhist scriptures and for other forms of writing. Here it seems to be a reference specifically to Buddhist texts or scriptures.
　　The moon is often a symbol of wisdom, enlightenment, and the Buddhist law and is associated in particular with the Bodhisattva Myōken. The poem is saying that if the poet devotes himself to Buddhist learning, taking the hint to study offered by the moon, which has given him light by which to read, he may be able to progress on the road to satori.

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