Magiretsuru mado no arashi no koe tomete fukuru o tsuguru mizu no oto kana

まぎれつる窓の嵐の声とめて
更くるを告ぐる水の音かな

Roma-ji: Magiretsuru mado no arashi no koe tomete fukuru o tsuguru mizu no oto kana
English Translation: The voice of the storm
at my window, which had hidden
it, has ceased at last—
and now telling the night's depth,
the sound of the water flows.
Meaning: As the storm at my window, which had drowned it out, falls silent, there comes the sound of water telling me the night has grown late.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1049

Headnote: "When people on Mount Kōya composed on the topic 'The sound of water late at night'"
This poem was composed on Mount Kōya when the company took the topic "The sound of water late at night." The sound of the water, lost beneath the storm beating at the window, comes clearly as the storm dies down, telling that the night has deepened.
Catching the shift in hearing whereby one sound masks another and, as one stops, the other appears, the poem conveys the stillness of deep night through the sound of water, revealing the keen ear of Saigyō spending the night in his mountain hut.

First line, “magiretsuru”: that had been confused and indistinct; tsuru is the attributive of the perfective auxiliary.
Second line, “mado no arashi no”: of the mountain storm blowing at the window of the hut.
Third line, “koe tomete”: its voice stopping, the storm's sound called a voice.
Fourth line, “fukuru o tsuguru”: announcing that the night has grown late.
Fifth line, “mizu no oto kana”: kana is exclamatory, closing on the "sound of water" of the topic.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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