Karehatsuru hana no kokoro wa tsurakarade toki suginikeru mi o zo uramuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

かれ果つる花の心はつらからで
時過ぎにける身をぞ恨むる

Roma-ji: Karehatsuru hana no kokoro wa tsurakarade toki suginikeru mi o zo uramuru
English Translation: The flower's heart
that withers, drawing away,
I do not blame;
it is myself, whose season
has passed, that I resent
Meaning: I do not blame the heart of the flower that withers and draws away; it is myself, my season past, that I resent.
Commentary: Book Nine Love Poems I 540

Headnote: "Sent to a woman."
The poet says that he does not blame the heart of the flower that withers and draws away, but resents himself, whose season has passed. Without reproaching her change of heart, he laments that his own prime is over.
According to the headnote, the poem was sent to a woman. The next poem is her reply, and the two form a pair of exchanged poems.
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, "kare" is a pivot word meaning both a flower "withering" and a heart "drawing away."
The second line, "hana no kokoro wa," means "the heart that changes like a flower." "Hana no kokoro o," which closes the next poem, takes this up.
In the third line, "de" is a negative conjunctive particle: "I do not find it cruel."
The fourth line, "toki suginikeru," means "whose season has passed."
The last line, "mi o zo uramuru," means "it is myself I resent," the particle "zo" and the attributive "uramuru" forming a kakarimusubi pattern. It has the same form as "yo o zo uramuru," which closes 527 in this book.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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