Aware nari onaji noyama ni tateru ki no kakaru shirushi no chigiri arikeru

あはれなり同じ野山に立てる木の
かかるしるしの契りありける

Roma-ji: Aware nari onaji noyama ni tateru ki no kakaru shirushi no chigiri arikeru
English Translation: How deeply moving!
A tree that stands in fields and hills
like any other,
yet it held so blessed a bond,
to serve as such a sacred sign.
Meaning: How deeply moving! It is a tree standing in the same fields and hills as any other, yet it had the karmic bond to become the sign of such a sacred place.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1369

Headnote: "Seeing a pine standing as a marker at the place said to be where the Great Teacher was born, enclosed all around"
At the place said to be the birthplace of Kōbō Daishi, enclosed all around, a pine stood as its marker. How moving, the poet says: a tree standing in the same fields and hills as others, yet it had the bond to become the sign of the Daishi's birth.
Zentsūji in Sanuki was held to be Kōbō Daishi's birthplace. Moved by the karmic bond of a pine chosen among many trees to mark the sacred site, he expresses reverence for the Daishi. Poems on the Daishi's sites in Sanuki follow.

First line, “aware nari”: how moving, a declaration breaking after the first line.
Second line, “onaji noyama ni”: in the same fields and hills as other trees.
Third line, “tateru ki no”: of a tree that stands.
Fourth line, “kakaru shirushi no”: of such a sign of the Daishi's birth.
Fifth line, “chigiri arikeru”: it had such a bond, ending on the attributive with feeling.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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