Ochiniki to kataraba katare ominaeshi koyoi wa hana no kage ni yadoran - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

落ちにきと語らば語れ女郎花
今宵は花の陰に宿らん

Roma-ji: Ochiniki to kataraba katare ominaeshi koyoi wa hana no kage ni yadoran
English Translation: That I have fallen,
if you must tell, then tell it,
O maidenflower;
for tonight beneath the shade
of the flowers I will lodge
Meaning: If you must tell people that I have fallen, then tell them, maidenflower. Tonight I will lodge in the shade of your blossoms.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems III 1188

Headnote: "Composed on the theme of seeing flowers in the fields and lingering on the way"
This poem was composed on the theme of seeing wildflowers and lingering on the road. If you would say I have fallen, say it, maidenflower; tonight I will lodge in the shade of the flowers, he says. In the Kokin Wakashū there is a poem by Archbishop Henjō saying that he broke off a maidenflower only because he was charmed by its name, so do not tell people he has fallen. This poem turns that on its head: though a monk, he defiantly declares that he will lodge by the maidenflowers even if people say he has fallen, and therein lies the comedy of the humorous poem.
The author, "Bishop Hangen," was a monk of Kōfukuji in Nara who held the rank of sōzu.
It is the ninth of the humorous poems, treating the autumn maidenflower.

First line, "ochiniki to": "ochi" means a monk falling by breaking the precepts, with "ni" perfective and "ki" past. It borrows the words of Henjō's poem.
Second line, "kataraba katare": "if you would tell, then tell," expressing a defiant mood.
Third line, "ominaeshi": the maidenflower, one of the seven flowers of autumn, likened to a woman. Here it is an address, and the poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "koyoi wa hana no": "tonight, of the maidenflowers."
Fifth line, "kage ni yadoran": "n" is the auxiliary of intention, "I will lodge in the shade of the flowers." It answers "lingering on the way" in the headnote.
Author: Hangen
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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