Midarezu to owari kiku koso ureshikere satemo wakare wa nagusamanedomo

乱れずと終り聞くこそ嬉しけれ
さても別れは慰まねども

Roma-ji: Midarezu to owari kiku koso ureshikere satemo wakare wa nagusamanedomo
English Translation: Hearing that his end
came with his mind untroubled,
that gives me gladness,
even though the grief of parting
cannot be consoled at all.
Meaning: It gladdens me to hear that he met his end with an untroubled mind, though even so the grief of parting is not consoled.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 805

Headnote: "Hearing that the holy man who had been my companion in practice had met a good end, as he had hoped, he sent this"
Hearing that the holy man who had shared Saigyō's practice had died well, just as he had wished, Jakuzen sent this to Saigyō. The holy man is taken to be Saijū, whose illness is sung in 778. To hear he met his end with an untroubled mind gladdens me, though even so the grief of parting is not consoled, he writes, rejoicing at a rebirth attained amid invocations of the Buddha while grieving the loss of a friend. Jakuzen is the religious name of Fujiwara no Yorinari, a close friend of Saigyō.

First line, “midarezu to”: without disturbance, keeping the mind steady at death to pray for rebirth.
Second line, “owari kiku koso”: owari is one's last moments; koso is a binding particle.
Third line, “ureshikere”: the perfective closing the koso construction; it gladdens me; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “satemo wakare wa”: and yet the parting.
Fifth line, “nagusamanedomo”: though it is not consoled.
Author: Jakuzen
Source: Sankashu
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