Aki no no ni yoru mo ya nenan ominaeshi hana no na o nomi omoikaketsutsu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋の野に夜もや寝なん女郎花
花の名をのみ思ひかけつつ

Roma-ji: Aki no no ni yoru mo ya nenan ominaeshi hana no na o nomi omoikaketsutsu
English Translation: In the autumn fields
shall I lie down for the night,
O maiden flower,
with only the flower's name
set firmly in my heart
Meaning: Shall I sleep in the autumn fields tonight, thinking only of the name of the maiden flower?
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 345

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wonders whether to sleep in the autumn fields at night, thinking only of the flower's name, "woman." Drawn by the flower's name, the poet playfully considers passing a night in the fields.
Ki no Tsurayuki's poem, 342 of this book, also sings of sleeping in fields where maiden flowers bloom.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Aki no no ni," means "in the autumn fields."
In the second line, "ya" is an interrogative particle and "nan" combines intensification and intent, completing the kakarimusubi pattern in the attributive form: "shall I sleep there even at night?" The poem pauses here.
The third line, "ominaeshi," means "of the maiden flower," leading into "hana no na," the flower's name.
The fourth line, "hana no na o nomi," means "only the flower's name," pointing to the "woman" in the maiden flower's name. 348 of this book likewise sings of the maiden flower's name in "hana no na naranu."
In the last line, "tsutsu" expresses continuation: "keeping it in my heart."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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