Kuki mo ha mo mina midori naru fukazeri wa arau ne nomi ya shiroku miyu ran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

茎も葉もみな緑なる深芹は
あらふねのみやしろく見ゆらん

Roma-ji: Kuki mo ha mo mina midori naru fukazeri wa arau ne nomi ya shiroku miyu ran
English Translation: The deep-rooted parsley,
with its stems and its leaves
all of a green hue—
is it only the washed roots
that appear so white to see?
Meaning: Deep-rooted parsley, whose stems and leaves are all green—is it only the washed roots that look white?
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 384

Headnote: "Arafune no miyashiro (the shrine of Arafune)"
The poet wonders whether, of the deep-rooted parsley whose stems and leaves are all green, only the washed roots look white. While singing of the contrast between the green parsley and its white roots, the poem hides the nine-syllable name of the shrine of Arafune given in the headnote in the run of sounds "arau ne nomi ya shiro" from the fourth to the final line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Sukemi, is Fujiwara no Sukemi. A son of Fujiwara no Hirotsune, he was a mid-Heian poet known as Tōroku. He excelled at poems hiding the names of things, and his personal collection is the Tōrokushū.
Minamoto no Toshiyori's Toshiyori Zuinō cites this poem as an example of a hidden topic, concealing the nine syllables "arafune no miyashiro."

First line, "kuki mo ha mo," means "both stems and leaves."
Second line, "mina midori naru," means "all green."
Third line, "fukazeri wa," means "the parsley rooted deep by the water."
Fourth line, "arau ne nomi ya," means "is it only the washed roots," with "ya" a questioning particle. With "shiro" at the start of the final line, it hides the name "arafune no miyashiro."
Final line, "shiroku miyu ran," means "that look white," with "ya" resolved by the attributive "ran." "Midori" (green) in the second line and "shiroku" (white) form a pair.
Author: Fujiwara no Sukemi
Source: Shui Wakashu
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