Tare to naku kakaru ōmi ni fukakaran iro o tokiwa ni ikaga tanoman - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

誰となくかかるおほみに深からん
色を常盤にいかが頼まん

Roma-ji: Tare to naku kakaru ōmi ni fukakaran iro o tokiwa ni ikaga tanoman
English Translation: Hung on anyone,
the vine at this great rite
may well look deep—
but how could I trust its color
to stay forever green
Meaning: The deep color of the vine hung on anyone at all at this great rite—how could I rely on it to stay forever unchanged?
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems III 736

Headnote: "Reply."
In this reply the poet asks how she could trust as unchanging the deep color of the vine hung on anyone at the great rite. She casts doubt on the truth of his words, suggesting his is a heart that courts everyone alike.
It is the reply to the preceding poem, 735.
The poet, listed as "Kan'in no ōigimi," was a woman known as the Eldest Daughter of Kan'in, and little is known of her life.

The first line, "Tare to naku," means "on no one in particular." The first line of the next poem, 737, is also "tare to naku," sharing the same line.
In the second line, "kakaru ōmi ni," "kakaru" is a pivot word meaning both the vine "hanging" and "such as this." "Ōmi" is understood as the ōimi, those who serve at a sacred rite.
The third line, "fukakaran," means "may well be deep."
The fourth line, "iro o tokiwa ni," means "its color as unchanging," taking up "tokiwa naru" in the first line and "kokoro no iro ni" in the fourth line of the preceding poem.
The last line, "ikaga tanoman," means "how could I rely on it," a rhetorical question.
Author: Eldest Daughter of Kan'in
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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