Na ni shi oeba Nagatsuki goto ni kimi ga tame kakine no kiku wa nioe to zo omou - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

名にし負へば長月ごとに君がため
垣根の菊はにほへとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Na ni shi oeba Nagatsuki goto ni kimi ga tame kakine no kiku wa nioe to zo omou
English Translation: Since it bears that name,
each Long Month, for your sake,
I wish the flowers
of the chrysanthemum by the fence
would bloom in all their glory
Meaning: Since the Long Month bears that name, each ninth month I wish the chrysanthemums by the fence would bloom in all their glory, for your sake.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 398

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that since the ninth month bears the name "long," every ninth month one wishes the chrysanthemums by the fence to bloom gloriously for the sake of the other's long life. Linking the name of the Long Month with the chrysanthemum's promise of longevity, it celebrates the other's long life.
Following the preceding poem on chrysanthemums, it takes up "Nagatsuki goto ni" from it and ties the name to a wish for long life.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which is treated here as "anonymous."

In the first line, "shi" is an emphatic particle: "since it bears that name," pointing to the "naga," long, of Nagatsuki.
The second line, "Nagatsuki goto ni," means "each ninth month," the same words as the second line of the preceding poem.
The third line, "kimi ga tame," means "for your sake."
The fourth line, "kakine no kiku wa," means "the chrysanthemums by the fence."
In the last line, "niou" means to bloom radiantly: "I wish them to bloom in glory." The particle "zo" and the attributive "omou" form a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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