Chiri bakari utagau kokoro nakaranan nori o aogite tanomu to naraba

塵ばかり疑ふ心なからなん
法をあふぎて頼むとならば

Roma-ji: Chiri bakari utagau kokoro nakaranan nori o aogite tanomu to naraba
English Translation: Not a speck of dust,
not the least doubt, let there be
within the heart,
if one looks up to the Law
and places trust in it.
Meaning: Let there be not a speck of doubt in the heart, if one is to look up to the Law and place one's trust in it.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 865

Headnote: "My reply, respectfully offered"
This is Saigyō's reply. If one looks up to the Law and trusts in it, let there be not a speck of doubt in the heart, he says. Taking up 'dust' and ōgi from the preceding poem, he answers that rather than sweeping it away with the fan's breeze, one should let no dust of doubt settle in the heart.

First line, “chiri bakari”: as much as a speck of dust, taking up 'kokoro no chiri.'
Second line, “utagau kokoro”: a heart that doubts the Law.
Third line, “nakaranan”: nan expresses a wish, let there be none; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “nori o aogite”: aogi is a pivot word joining looking up to and the fan, taking up the second line of the preceding poem.
Fifth line, “tanomu to naraba”: if one is to trust it, inverted to follow the third line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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