Aware ni zo fukaki chikai no tanomoshiki kiyoki nagare no soko kumaretsutsu

あはれにぞ深き誓ひの頼もしき
清き流れの底汲まれつつ

Roma-ji: Aware ni zo fukaki chikai no tanomoshiki kiyoki nagare no soko kumaretsutsu
English Translation: How deeply moving,
how reassuring it is,
that profound vow—
drawing up from the very depths
of the pure and flowing stream.
Meaning: How deeply moving and reassuring is that profound vow, which draws up even from the depths of the pure, flowing stream the wishes of the heart.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1187

Headnote: "This too was sent along"
Sent along with the preceding poem to the man in retreat at Kiyomizu. How moving and reassuring is Kannon's deep vow, the poet says, which draws up the innermost wishes of the heart, as water is drawn from the very bottom of a pure stream.
Drawing on the temple's name, "pure water," and the clear flow of the Otowa falls, it lays the depth of Kannon's vow to save all beings over the depth and purity of water, an encouragement that the man's prayers will surely be heard.

First line, “aware ni zo”: zo is emphatic, answered by the attributive tanomoshiki in the third line.
Second line, “fukaki chikai no”: of Kannon's deep vow to save all beings; fukaki is also water imagery.
Third line, “tanomoshiki”: closing the zo construction, "how reassuring"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “kiyoki nagare no”: of the pure stream, drawing on the name Kiyomizu and the Otowa falls.
Fifth line, “soko kumaretsutsu”: kumu joins drawing water with understanding the heart.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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