Uraura to shinanzuru na to omoitokeba kokoro no yagate sa zo to kotauru

うらうらと死なんずるなと思ひ解けば
心のやがてさぞと答ふる

Roma-ji: Uraura to shinanzuru na to omoitokeba kokoro no yagate sa zo to kotauru
English Translation: "Peaceful and serene
shall I die," so I reflect,
and understand it—
then my heart, in that same instant,
answers me: "Yes, it is so."
Meaning: When I come to understand that I shall die peacefully and serenely, my heart at once answers, "Yes, so it is."
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1520

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on Impermanence"
The eighth of the ten poems on impermanence. When he comes to understand that he will die peacefully, his heart at once answers that it is so.
In the form of a dialogue with his own heart, it sings of a mind that would accept death calmly without fear. Where the two preceding poems sang of the transience of lives drawn toward death, this one shows the peace of quietly accepting it.

First line, “uraura to”: peacefully, serenely.
Second line, “shinanzuru na to”: nzuru is the attributive of the conjectural nzu, "that I shall die."
Third line, “omoitokeba”: when I come to understand; the line has an extra syllable.
Fourth line, “kokoro no yagate”: yagate means at once.
Fifth line, “sa zo to kotauru”: zo concludes with the attributive kotauru, "it answers that it is so."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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