Tsukuzuku to mono o omou ni uchisoete ori aware naru kane no oto kana

つくづくと物を思ふにうち添へて
折あはれなる鐘の音かな

Roma-ji: Tsukuzuku to mono o omou ni uchisoete ori aware naru kane no oto kana
English Translation: Lost in brooding thought,
deep and quiet, there is added
to my musing now,
so moving at such an hour,
the sound of the temple bell.
Meaning: As I sit lost in deep and lonely thought, there comes, adding to it at just such a moment, the moving sound of the temple bell.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 712

Headnote: "Miscellany"
The poet is sunk in quiet brooding when, at that very moment, the temple bell sounds and deepens his sadness. Brooding thought and the sound of the bell overlap, portraying a lonely moment that sinks into the heart.
This poem opens the miscellaneous section. Poem 711, which closes Book Five, also sang of the temple bell, and the two books are linked by the same sound, passing from the reassuring bell that dispels the sin of love to a moving bell that only deepens one's brooding.

First line, “tsukuzuku to”: deeply, quietly, describing one sunk in thought.
Second line, “mono o omou ni”: mono o omou is to brood and worry; ni means just as one is doing so.
Third line, “uchisoete”: being added on top, the bell joining the poet's brooding.
Fourth line, “ori aware naru”: moving and fitting to that very moment.
Fifth line, “kane no oto kana”: kana is exclamatory, closing on the sound of the temple bell.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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