Sakurairo ni kitaru koromo no fukakereba suguru haruhi mo oshikeku mo nashi - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

桜色に着たる衣の深ければ
過ぐる春日も惜しけくもなし

Roma-ji: Sakurairo ni kitaru koromo no fukakereba suguru haruhi mo oshikeku mo nashi
English Translation: Since the robe I wear
is dyed deep in cherry color,
I find there's nothing
I regret about the passing
of the days of spring
Meaning: Since I wear a robe dyed deep in the color of cherry blossoms, I feel no regret for the days of spring slipping by.
Commentary: Book Three Spring Poems III 134

Headnote: "On seeing the cherry blossoms fall."
Watching the cherries fall, the poet says that wearing a robe dyed deep in cherry color, he does not regret the passing of spring. Taking the color of the flowers into the robe he wears, he consoles his lingering attachment to the falling blossoms.
According to the headnote, it was composed on seeing the cherry blossoms fall.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
Ki no Aritomo's poem in the Kokin Wakashū resolves to dye a robe deep cherry color as a keepsake for after the blossoms have fallen; this poem takes the position of one who is actually wearing such a robe.

The first line, "Sakurairo ni," has six syllables, one more than the norm, and means "in the color of cherry blossoms."
The second line, "kitaru koromo no," presents the robe being worn. 108 of this book also sings of a robe whose color rivals the kerria.
The third line, "fukakereba," means "since its color is deep," giving the reason.
The fourth line, "suguru haruhi mo," names the passing days of spring. After this, poems regretting spring at the end of the Third Month follow in the book.
In the last line, "oshikeku" is "oshi," regrettable, made into a noun with "ku": "there is nothing to regret." In contrast to "oshiki haru kana" in 84 and elsewhere in this book, it declares that spring is not to be regretted.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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