classic waka stream

神垣のあたりと思ふにゆふだすき
思ひもかけぬ鐘の声かな
Roma-ji

Kamigaki no atari to omou ni yūdasuki omoi mo kakenu kane no koe kana

English Translation
I had thought this place
was close by the sacred fence,
yet, sash of cotton,
how unexpectedly here
the voice of a temple bell
Meaning
I thought I was near the sacred fence of a shrine, yet how unexpectedly there comes the sound of a temple bell.
Commentary
Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 548

The poet thought this was near the precincts of a shrine, yet unexpectedly the sound of a temple bell is heard. The surprise of hearing a Buddhist temple's bell close to sacred Shinto ground suggests a scene from an age when shrines and temples stood side by side under the fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.
The first word, kamigaki, is the same as in poem 516, the opening poem, and in the preceding poem, 547, and following that poem, this one also sings of an unexpected happening at a shrine.

First line, 'kamigaki no', means of the shrine fence, the same word as kamigaki wa in the first line of the preceding poem, 547.
Second line, 'atari to omou ni', means though I thought it was nearby, the particle ni expressing contrast.
Third line, 'yūdasuki', is the cotton sash worn in Shinto rites, a pillow word for kaku. It is tied to kamigaki in the first line.
Fourth line, 'omoi mo kakenu', means unexpected, receiving yūdasuki in the third line and leading to kake.
Final line, 'kane no koe kana', means ah, the sound of a bell, closing with the exclamatory kana. It conveys the surprise of hearing a temple bell on sacred ground.
Source
Kinyo Wakashu
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