Toriwakite kokoro mo shimite sae zo wataru koromogawa mi ni kitaru kyō shi mo

とりわきて心も凍みて冴えぞわたる
衣川見にきたる今日しも

Roma-ji: Toriwakite kokoro mo shimite sae zo wataru koromogawa mi ni kitaru kyō shi mo
English Translation: Most especially,
my heart too is chilled, frozen,
cold spreading all through—
today, of all days, that I
come to see Koromo River.
Meaning: Especially today, of all days, as I come to see the Koromo River, the cold spreads everywhere, chilling even my heart to the core.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1131

Headnote: "On the twelfth day of the tenth month I reached Hiraizumi; snow fell, the wind was fierce, and the weather unusually wild. Eager to see the Koromo River, I went there. Reaching its bank, I saw the fortress of Koromogawa surrounding it, a sight of a different kind that made me feel I was truly seeing something. The water's edge was frozen and especially cold"
Reaching Hiraizumi on the twelfth day of the tenth month amid snow and a fierce storm, Saigyō hurried to see the Koromo River. At the bank the fortress of Koromogawa spread around him, an extraordinary sight, and with the water's edge frozen and the cold especially sharp, he composed this: the cold spreads through everything, chilling even his heart, on this very day he has come to see the Koromo River.
The Koromo River, a poetic place of Michinoku, was known as a battlefield of the Former Nine Years' War, near the stronghold of the Fujiwara of Hiraizumi. Koromo, "robe," is joined with kiru, "to wear," laying the bitter cold over the emotion of standing at last in a long-desired place.

First line, “toriwakite”: especially, answering "especially cold" in the headnote.
Second line, “kokoro mo shimite”: even the heart frozen.
Third line, “sae zo wataru”: zo is emphatic, answered by the attributive wataru; wataru, cold spreading all over, is associated with the river; the line is overlong and the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “koromogawa mi ni”: the Koromo River in Michinoku, a poetic place.
Fifth line, “kitaru kyō shi mo”: kitaru pivots on "come" and "wearing" a robe, associated with koromo; shi mo stresses "today of all days."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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