Saranu dani yo no hakanasa o omou mi ni nue nakiwataru akebono no sora

さらぬだに世のはかなさを思ふ身に
鵺鳴き渡る曙の空

Roma-ji: Saranu dani yo no hakanasa o omou mi ni nue nakiwataru akebono no sora
English Translation: Even as it is,
brooding on how brief the world,
on this self of mine,
the nue cries as it crosses
the sky at the break of day.
Meaning: Already brooding on how fleeting the world is, I hear the nue bird crying as it crosses the sky at daybreak.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 756

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Already brooding on the fleeting nature of the world, the poet hears the nue crying as it crosses the sky at daybreak. The nue, the White's thrush, cries thinly and forlornly at night and was held to be a bird of ill omen; its voice deepens his sense of impermanence.
From here to 768, poems with topic unknown continue, one after another singing of the fleeting world and impermanence.

First line, “saranu dani”: even as it is, even without this.
Second line, “yo no hakanasa o”: the fleetingness of the world, the theme of the whole sequence.
Third line, “omou mi ni”: on me who broods.
Fourth line, “nue nakiwataru”: nue is an old name for the White's thrush, which cries sadly by night and was thought ill-omened.
Fifth line, “akebono no sora”: ending on a noun, the sky at daybreak.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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