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夜の衣を返す

phrase

(archaic, literary) to sleep with clothes overturned, as to meet their longed-for partner in a dream

月が昇り、夜の衣を返す時間が来た。

The moon has risen, and it's time to return the robe of night.

意味（1）

(archaic, literary) to sleep with clothes overturned, as to meet their longed-for partner in a dream

いとせめてこひしき時(とき)はむばたまの夜(よる)の衣(ころも)をかへしてぞきる

ito semete koishiki toki wa mubatama no yoru no koromo o kaeshite zo kiruJust as so much time longing [for him] is the wearing inside-out my jet-black nightrobe.