Arashi nomi tokidoki mado ni otozurete akenuru sora no nagori o zo omou

嵐のみ時々窓におとづれて
明けぬる空の名残をぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Arashi nomi tokidoki mado ni otozurete akenuru sora no nagori o zo omou
English Translation: Only the storm wind
now and then comes calling at
my window, and I
think of what lingers still
in the sky that has turned to dawn.
Meaning: Only the storm wind now and then comes knocking at my window, and I think of what lingers of the night in the sky now turned to dawn.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 915

Headnote: "Dawn in a quiet dwelling"
The topic is dawn in a quiet dwelling. In a still hut that no one visits, only the storm wind now and then comes knocking at the window, and the poet thinks of the night's lingering trace in the sky now turned to dawn, picturing the quiet of a mountain hut and the loneliness of daybreak.

First line, “arashi nomi”: nomi limits; only the storm wind, the stillness of a place no one visits.
Second line, “tokidoki mado ni”: now and then at the window.
Third line, “otozurete”: coming to call and making a sound, both senses overlaid.
Fourth line, “akenuru sora no”: of the sky now turned to dawn, answering the topic.
Fifth line, “nagori o zo omou”: zo is answered by the attributive omou; I think of what lingers.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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