Murasaki no iro ni wa saku na musashino no kusa no yukari to hito mo koso mire - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

紫の色にはさくなむさしのの
草のゆかりと人もこそ見れ

Roma-ji: Murasaki no iro ni wa saku na musashino no kusa no yukari to hito mo koso mire
English Translation: In purple color
do not bloom, for on the plain
of Musashi
people may come to see you
as kin to the purple grass.
Meaning: Do not bloom in purple, for people might see you as kin to the purple grass of Musashi Plain.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 360

Headnote: "Sakunamusa (rhododendron)"
The poet calls to the flower not to bloom in purple, lest people see it as kin to the purple grass of Musashi Plain. Drawing on an old poem about kinship through the purple grass, the name "sakunamusa" given in the headnote is hidden in the run of sounds "saku na musa" from the second to the third line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, called the monk Nyokaku, is Fujiwara no Takamitsu. A son of the Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Morosuke, he took the tonsure while young and lived at Yokawa on Mount Hiei and later at Tōnomine. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
Since the anonymous miscellaneous poem of the Kokinshū, "Murasaki no hitomoto yue ni musashino no kusa wa minagara aware to zo miru," singing of kinship through the purple grass of Musashi Plain became widespread.

First line, "murasaki no," means "of purple," echoing the purple grass of Musashi Plain.
Second line, "iro ni wa saku na," means "do not bloom in that color," with "na" a prohibitive particle. The poem pauses here. "Saku na" with "musa" at the start of the third line hides the name "sakunamusa."
Third line, "musashino no," means "of Musashi Plain," famed for its purple grass.
Fourth line, "kusa no yukari to," means "as kin to the purple grass," drawing on the Kokinshū poem "Murasaki no hitomoto yue ni."
Final line, "hito mo koso mire," means "lest people see," with "mo koso" expressing apprehension and "koso" resolved by the perfective "mire."
Author: Fujiwara no Takamitsu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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