Itazura ni tsuyu ni okaruru hana ka tote kokoro mo shiranu hito ya orikemu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いたづらに露に置かるる花かとて
心も知らぬ人や折りけん

Roma-ji: Itazura ni tsuyu ni okaruru hana ka tote kokoro mo shiranu hito ya orikemu
English Translation: Taking it to be
a flower that idly lies
beneath the dew,
did someone who knew nothing
of my heart pluck it away
Meaning: Taking it for a flower that merely lay idle under the dew, did someone who knew nothing of my heart pluck it?
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 431

Headnote: "When someone told her that the chrysanthemums had been picked."
The poet wonders whether someone who knew nothing of her heart picked the flower, thinking it merely lay idle under the dew. The disappointment of having a cherished chrysanthemum picked is voiced as reproach toward one who did not know her heart.
According to the headnote, it was composed when someone said the chrysanthemum flowers had been picked. 275 in Book Six, "aki no no no tsuyu ni okaruru ominaeshi," likewise sings of a flower lying under the dew.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Itazura ni," means "idly, to no purpose."
In the second line, "ruru" is the attributive form of the passive auxiliary "ru": "lain upon by dew."
The third line, "hana ka tote," means "thinking it a mere flower."
The fourth line, "kokoro mo shiranu," means "who does not know my heart," pointing to the owner's love for the flower.
In the last line, "ya" is an interrogative particle and "kemu" an auxiliary of past conjecture, forming a kakarimusubi pattern: "did someone pick it?"
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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