Hana tori no iro o mo ne o mo itazura ni monoukaru mi wa sugusu nomi nari - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花鳥の色をも音をもいたづらに
物憂かる身は過ぐすのみなり

Roma-ji: Hana tori no iro o mo ne o mo itazura ni monoukaru mi wa sugusu nomi nari
English Translation: Blossoms and birds, too,
both their colors and their songs,
all to no avail,
for one weary as I am,
I let them pass, and nothing more
Meaning: The colors of the blossoms and the songs of the birds alike—I, weary at heart, only let them pass me by in vain.
Commentary: Book Four Summer Poems 212

Headnote: "Reply."
To Ki no Tsurayuki, who in the preceding poem said he could not visit until the blossoms had fallen and the cuckoo had gone, the poet replies that he too, weary at heart, lets the colors of flowers and songs of birds pass in vain. Caring for his ailing friend, he keeps him company by saying that he too has passed the seasons without delight.
It forms an exchange with the preceding poem, 211.
The poet, Fujiwara no Masatada, was a son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke and served as governor of Suō, among other posts. He was the grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu.

The first line, "Hana tori no," means "of flowers and birds," gathering up the "hana" and "hototogisu" of the preceding poem.
The second line, "iro o mo ne o mo," means "both the colors of flowers and the songs of birds," each answering to the flowers and birds of the first line.
The third line, "itazura ni," means "in vain, to no purpose."
The fourth line, "monoukaru mi wa," means "I, weary at heart," expressing a self with no spirit to enjoy the seasons.
The last line, "sugusu nomi nari," means "only let them pass." It shares "sugusu" with "sugusu narikeri," the last line of 197 in this book.
Author: Fujiwara no Masatada
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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