Hana no iro wa tada hitosakari kokeredomo kaesu gaesu zo tsuyu wa somekeru - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花の色はただひとさかりこけれども
返す返すぞ露は染めける

Roma-ji: Hana no iro wa tada hitosakari kokeredomo kaesu gaesu zo tsuyu wa somekeru
English Translation: The color of blooms
for just a single season
is deep, and yet
again and yet again
the dew has dyed them so.
Meaning: The color of the blossoms is deep for only a single season of bloom—yet the dew has dyed them over and over again.
Commentary: Book Ten Names of Things 450

Headnote: "Hanging moss"
This poem says that the color of blossoms is deep for only one season of bloom, yet the dew has dyed them again and again. The title "sagarigoke" (hanging moss) is hidden in "sakari koke" across the second and third lines. Sagarigoke is moss that hangs down from tree branches. The idea of dew dyeing plants is shared with 444 in this book.
The poet, "Takamuko no Toshiharu," is Takamuko no Toshiharu. He was an official of the early Heian period, and the details of his career are not known.

First line "Hana no iro wa" means "as for the color of blossoms," stating the theme.
Second line "tada hitosakari" means "only for a single season of bloom," and the title begins with "sakari."
Third line "kokeredomo" means "though it is deep." With the second line, "sakari koke" hides the title "sagarigoke."
Fourth line "kaesu gaesu zo" means "over and over," and "zo" reaches to the ending of the fifth line.
Fifth line "tsuyu wa somekeru" closes in the attributive "keru" in answer to "zo," realizing that the dew has dyed them many times.
Author: Takamuko no Toshiharu
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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