Odorokasu kimi ni yorite zo nagaki yo no hisashiki yume wa samu bekarikeru

驚かす君によりてぞ長き世の
久しき夢は覚むべかりける

Roma-ji: Odorokasu kimi ni yorite zo nagaki yo no hisashiki yume wa samu bekarikeru
English Translation: It is thanks to you,
who rouse me, that I am able
from the long, long night
of this world's lingering dream
at last to wake myself up.
Meaning: It is through you, who rouse me, that I am able to wake from the long dream of this endless world of delusion.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 730

Headnote: "His reply when I wrote to the Grand Counselor and Chamberlain Narimichi urging him to think of the life to come"
This is the reply of the Grand Counselor and Chamberlain Fujiwara no Narimichi to a letter in which Saigyō urged him to give thought to the life to come. Thanks to you who rouse me, he says, I can wake from the long dream of delusion in which birth and death repeat. Narimichi, famed as a master of kemari football, later took vows himself.

First line, “odorokasu”: to rouse, to awaken, referring to Saigyō's urging.
Second line, “kimi ni yorite zo”: the binding particle zo is answered by keru in the fifth line.
Third line, “nagaki yo no”: of the long world of delusion, birth upon death.
Fourth line, “hisashiki yume wa”: the long-lasting dream, a figure for the world of delusion.
Fifth line, “samu bekarikeru”: closing the zo construction, I find I am able to wake.
Author: Fujiwara no Narimichi
Source: Sankashu
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