Asa goto ni tsuyu wa okedomo hito kouru waga koto no ha wa iro mo kawarazu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

朝ごとに露は置けども人恋ふる
わが言の葉は色も変はらず

Roma-ji: Asa goto ni tsuyu wa okedomo hito kouru waga koto no ha wa iro mo kawarazu
English Translation: Every morning comes
and the dew settles, and yet
the leaves of my words
that speak my love for you
never change their color
Meaning: Every morning the dew settles on the leaves, and yet the leaves of my words, which speak my love for you, never change their color.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1044

Headnote: "Sent to someone."
The poet says that though dew settles every morning, the leaves of his words of love never change their color. Unlike tree leaves that turn color each time the dew falls, he vows that the feeling in his words will never change.
According to the headnote, he sent it to someone. 1048 in this book also speaks of "koto no ha," leaves of words, there the words sent to a man who broke his promise.
The poet, the Priest Kaisen, was a monk of the time of the Gosenshu, and little more is known of his life.

The first line, "Asa goto ni," means "every morning."
The second line, "tsuyu wa okedomo," means "though the dew settles," resting on the idea that dew makes leaves turn color. "Domo" is an adversative conjunctive particle.
The third line, "hito kouru," means "longing for someone."
The fourth line, "waga koto no ha wa," means "my words," overlaying the "leaves" of words with tree leaves, an associated word with the dew of the second line.
The last line, "iro mo kawarazu," means "do not change color," likening an unchanging heart to leaves the dew does not tint.
Author: The Priest Kaisen
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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