Awaretaru kusa no iori no sabishisa wa kaze yori hoka ni tou hito zo naki

あはれたる草の庵の寂しさは
風よりほかに訪ふ人ぞなき

Roma-ji: Awaretaru kusa no iori no sabishisa wa kaze yori hoka ni tou hito zo naki
English Translation: The loneliness
of this hut of grass, so deep
in its sorrowing—
apart from the wind there is
no one who comes to call.
Meaning: The loneliness of this sad grass hut is that no one comes to call but the wind.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1148

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The loneliness of this sorrowful grass hut is that no one comes to call except the wind, the poet says.
The solitude of one living in a mountain hut is shown concisely by saying that only the wind visits. Personifying the wind as a caller makes the absence of people all the sharper.

First line, “awaretaru”: both the text and the reading line have awaretaru, taken as "deeply sorrowful."
Second line, “kusa no iori no”: of the humble grass-thatched hut.
Third line, “sabishisa wa”: its loneliness.
Fourth line, “kaze yori hoka ni”: other than the wind, the wind seen as a visitor.
Fifth line, “tou hito zo naki”: zo is emphatic, answered by the attributive naki.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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