Shiratsuyu no okamaku oshiki akihagi o orite wa sara ni ware ya kakusan - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

白露の置かまく惜しき秋萩を
折りてはさらに我や隠さん

Roma-ji: Shiratsuyu no okamaku oshiki akihagi o orite wa sara ni ware ya kakusan
English Translation: Even for white dew
to settle would be a pity
on this bush clover—
picked, then, shall I go further
and hide it all away
Meaning: This autumn bush clover is too precious even for white dew to settle on—having picked it, shall I go further and hide it away?
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 300

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as an autumn poem."
The poet asks whether, having picked the autumn bush clover, so precious that even the settling of white dew is a pity, one should go further and hide it from view. It expresses a wish to keep the bush clover all to oneself, untouched by dew or by others.
From 298 to 300, three poems on autumn bush clover stand together under the headnote "Composed as an autumn poem." This poem is the third.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Shiratsuyu no," means "the white dew."
In the second line, "okamaku" means "that it should settle": "a pity that the white dew should settle on it."
The third line, "akihagi o," means "the autumn bush clover," continuing from 298 and 299 of this book with the bush clover.
The fourth line, "orite wa sara ni," means "having picked it, then further."
In the last line, "ya" is an interrogative particle forming a kakarimusubi pattern with the attributive "n": "shall I hide it away?"
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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