Nagame koso ukimi no kuse ni narihatete yūgure naranu ori mo seraruru

眺めこそ憂き身の癖になり果てて
夕暮ならぬ折もせらるれ

Roma-ji: Nagame koso ukimi no kuse ni narihatete yūgure naranu ori mo seraruru
English Translation: This gazing, brooding,
has become, through and through,
my wretched self's habit—
even at hours that are not
the dusk, I find I do it.
Meaning: Gazing in brooding thought has become the habit of my wretched self, so that I find myself doing it even at times other than dusk.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1314

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
Brooding gazing has become his habit, the poet says, so that he finds himself doing it even when it is not dusk.
Nagame in waka means to gaze while lost in thought, usually at dusk. That it has become a habit he falls into at any hour shows how deep his lovesick brooding has grown.

First line, “nagame koso”: nagame is gazing lost in thought; koso is answered by the realis rure.
Second line, “ukimi no kuse ni”: as the habit of my wretched self.
Third line, “narihatete”: having wholly become.
Fourth line, “yūgure naranu”: not at dusk, the usual hour of brooding.
Fifth line, “ori mo seraruru”: rare is spontaneous, "I find myself doing it then too."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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