月のあかるい水汲んでおくthe moon is bright I draw and set aside some water

月あかりの下で、明日のための水を汲んでおく。桶の水にも月が映って、水そのものがあかるい。ひとり暮らしの夜の仕事が、そのまま月を汲む仕事になった。Under the moonlight he draws water and sets it by for tomorrow. The moon reflects in the water of the pail, so the water itself is bright. A nightly chore of living alone becomes, just so, the work of drawing up the moon.