Yo o terasu hotoke no shirushi arikereba mada tomoshibi mo kienu narikeri - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

世を照らす仏のしるしありければ
まだ灯火も消えぬなりけり

Roma-ji: Yo o terasu hotoke no shirushi arikereba mada tomoshibi mo kienu narikeri
English Translation: Since there is the sign
of the Buddha who lights the world,
even now, I see,
the flame of the lamp as well
has never yet gone out
Meaning: Because the Buddha who lights the world shows his wondrous power here, the lamp too, I see, has never yet gone out.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Buddhist Poems 1211

Headnote: "Composed on seeing oil welling up at Tanigumi in Mino, when I was visiting temple after temple to worship the Kannon of the thirty-three places"
He composed this when, on pilgrimage around the provinces to worship the Kannon of the thirty-three holy places, he saw oil welling up at Tanigumi in Mino. Since there is the sign of the Buddha who lights the world, the lamp has not yet gone out, he says. Tanigumi is the site of Kegonji, where oil was said to spring from the ground so that the temple lamps never failed. Overlaying the Buddha's light shining on the world with a lamp that never goes out thanks to the welling oil, he expresses his wonder at the miracle.
The author, "Former Archbishop Kakuchū," was a son of the Regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi who, as a Tendai monk, rose to archbishop. He is also known for making the pilgrimage to the thirty-three Kannon temples.
It shares the word "tomoshibi," lamp, with the preceding poem, 1210, answering that poem's prayer for the lamp of the Law to light the darkness with a lamp that never goes out. The next poem, 1212, was likewise composed while worshipping Kannon on the pilgrimage.

First line, "yo o terasu": "lighting the world," the radiance of the Buddha.
Second line, "hotoke no shirushi": "shirushi" means a miraculous sign or blessing.
Third line, "arikereba": "since there is," giving the reason.
Fourth line, "mada tomoshibi mo": "mada" means even now, and the lamp is the temple light fed by the welling oil. It takes up "nori no tomoshibi" in the fifth line of the preceding poem, 1210.
Fifth line, "kienu narikeri": "nu" is the attributive of the negative "zu," "nari" the copula, and "keri" an exclamatory auxiliary of realization.
Author: Kakuchū
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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