Kunitsu-gami: path of the Goddess 'Taion's Lightning' (Tsuba Guard) Kanji Help

A Friend of mine encounterd Kanji on a Tsuba Guard in Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess and requested my help. Unfortunately I can’t read them either and neither can Yomi-Ninja. Does anyone of you know what they could mean? The Item is Called Taion’s Lightning’ maybe that helps to give you some more Context.
Back (side with Kanji)


Front (side without Kanji)

Thank you very much in advance fellow language learners, you are awesome!

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It’s a waka poem dating from the start of the 11th century. The Wikipedia article’s opening paragraph writes the poem with modern kana orthography, but the original text, which is what’s on this item, appears in the article a couple of sections down - 此世乎は我世と所思望月乃虧たる事も無と思ヘハ

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