Akatsuki no arashi ni taguu kane no oto o kokoro no soko ni kotaete zo kiku - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

暁の嵐にたぐふ鐘の音を
心の底にこたへてぞ聞く

Roma-ji: Akatsuki no arashi ni taguu kane no oto o kokoro no soko ni kotaete zo kiku
English Translation: Before the dawn comes,
the bell that rings along
with the mountain storm,
I hear it as it echoes
in the very depths of my heart
Meaning: The sound of the bell borne along by the storm before dawn, I hear it echoing back from the very bottom of my heart.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1149

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The sound of the bell carried by the storm before dawn, I hear it echoing in the depths of my heart, he says. Before dawn a fierce storm blows over the mountains, and on its wind comes the sound of a temple bell. The sound does not merely reach his ears but echoes back from the depths of his heart, awakening thoughts of impermanence and a longing for the way, and in the stern, clear scene of a mountain dawn he sings of a heart deeply moved by the bell.
The author, "the monk En'i," is Saigyō. His lay name was Satō Norikiyo; he was a guardsman of the north quarters of Retired Emperor Toba, but took the tonsure at twenty-three. He traveled through the provinces and left many poems.
It shares the closing "-te zo kiku" with "sumashite zo kiku" in the fifth line of 1134 of this book. And where 1154 of this book listens to the evening bell at dusk, this poem listens to the bell at dawn, so the bells of morning and evening form a pair.

First line, "akatsuki no": "of the dark hours before dawn." It is the same expression as "akatsuki no" in the third line of 1139 of this book.
Second line, "arashi ni taguu": "taguu" means to go along with, "ringing along with the storm."
Third line, "kane no oto o": "the sound of the temple bell." It has six syllables, one too many. It shares the bell with "iriai no kane o" in the second line of 1154 of this book, the bells of dawn and dusk forming a pair.
Fourth line, "kokoro no soko ni": "in the depths of my heart."
Fifth line, "kotaete zo kiku": "kotau" means to echo back, and "zo," an emphatic binding particle, closes with the attributive "kiku." It shares "-te zo kiku" with "sumashite zo kiku" in the fifth line of 1134 of this book.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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