In the night of chushu (the mid-autumn), Nakakuni walked out in Sagano in the moonlight, and played the flute, his favorite musical instrument, expecting Kogo to respond to that sound.
ちょうど仲秋の夜のこと、月が白々と照る中を嵯峨野に出かけた仲国は、小督が応えることを期待して得意の笛を吹いた。