暗きより暗き道にぞ入りぬべきはるかに照せ山の端の月
kuraki yori
kuraki michi ni zo
irinu beki
harukani terase
yama no ha no tsuki
- The Lady Izumi Shikibu
from this darkness
upon a path in darkness
I set forth
shining there above the mountain peaks
give light to me, O distant moon
暗中入暗道
山端月仍照
Though we pass from darkness into darkness,
the mountain’s edge moon still shines.