Ureshiku zo na o tamotsu dani ada naranu minori no hana ni mi o musubikeru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

うれしくぞ名を保つだにあだならぬ
御法の花にみを結びける

Roma-ji: Ureshiku zo na o tamotsu dani ada naranu minori no hana ni mi o musubikeru
English Translation: How glad I am!
Where even holding its name
is never in vain,
on the flower of the Law
I have bound myself as fruit
Meaning: How glad I am that I have bound myself, and borne fruit, upon the flower of the Law, where even holding fast to its name is never in vain.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Buddhist Poems 1214

Headnote: "Composed when, chanting the passage of the Dhāraṇī chapter that says the blessings of one who keeps even the name of the Lotus are beyond measure, how much more the protection of one who keeps it whole, I perhaps felt assured of the bond with the Buddha formed by those who keep the sutra"
He composed this after chanting the passage of the Dhāraṇī chapter saying that the blessings of one who keeps even the name of the Lotus Sutra are beyond measure, and how much more is one protected who keeps the sutra in full, perhaps feeling assured of the bond with the Buddha formed by those who hold the sutra. How glad I am to have bound myself to the flower of the Law, where even keeping its name is not in vain, he says. Likening the Lotus Sutra to a flower after the lotus in its name, he rejoices at becoming one who holds the sutra, overlaying it with a flower bearing fruit.
The author, "Former Archbishop Kaishu," was a Tendai monk of the late Heian period who served as head of the Tendai school and rose to archbishop.

First line, "ureshiku zo": "zo," an emphatic binding particle, closes with the attributive "keru" in the fifth line.
Second line, "na o tamotsu dani": "even keeping its name," with "dani" an adverbial particle that names a lesser thing to imply a greater. It takes up the headnote's "one who keeps the name of the Lotus."
Third line, "ada naranu": "not in vain," "not for nothing."
Fourth line, "minori no hana ni": "minori" is the Buddha's Law, here the Lotus Sutra, likened to a flower after the lotus in its name.
Fifth line, "mi o musubikeru": "mi" plays on "mi," the self, and "mi," the fruit a flower bears, and "hana," "mi" and "musubu" are associated words. "Keru," the attributive of the exclamatory "keri," closes the binding.
Author: Kaishu
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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