Omoe tada kurenu to kikishi kane no oto wa miyako nite dani kanashikarishi o

思へただ暮れぬと聞きし鐘の音は
都にてだに悲しかりしを

Roma-ji: Omoe tada kurenu to kikishi kane no oto wa miyako nite dani kanashikarishi o
English Translation: Just think of it now:
the bell that rang to tell me
that the day had closed—
even back in the capital
how sad that sound used to be.
Meaning: Just think: the bell that told me the day was over sounded sad even when I was in the capital—how much more here on the road.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1081

Headnote: "While traveling, on hearing the evening bell"
Composed on hearing the evening bell during a journey. The bell announcing nightfall sounded sad even in the capital, the poet says; think, then, how much sadder it is to hear it on the road.
Comparing the capital with the road, the poem uses dani to imply how far greater the sorrow of travel is. The evening bell also sounds in 1051 of this book, the same bell ringing now over a mountain home and now over a traveler's dusk.

First line, “omoe tada”: just think, an imperative address breaking after the first line.
Second line, “kurenu to kikishi”: heard as telling that the day had ended; shi is the attributive of the past auxiliary ki.
Third line, “kane no oto wa”: the sound of the evening bell.
Fourth line, “miyako nite dani”: dani is an inferential particle, "even in the capital," implying how much more on the road.
Fifth line, “kanashikarishi o”: o is a lingering concessive, "though it was sad," trailing off in feeling.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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