Hanaurushi ko ya nuru hito no nakarikeru ana haraguro no kimi ga kokoro ya - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花漆こやぬる人のなかりける
あな腹黒の君が心や

Roma-ji: Hanaurushi ko ya nuru hito no nakarikeru ana haraguro no kimi ga kokoro ya
English Translation: Lacquer bright as flowers—
was there no one to lay it on,
no one to lie with you?
Ah, how black, how dark it is,
this heart of yours within
Meaning: Like fine flower-lacquer, was there no one to lay it on, no one to lie beside you? Ah, how black your heart is.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 507

Was there no one to apply the fine lacquer, the poet asks, no one to lie with the beloved? Ah, how black that heart is. Punning on nuru, to coat and to sleep, and on the black of lacquer and a black heart, the poem seems to reproach a cold lover half in jest. Interpretations of some words differ.

First line, 'hanaurushi', is a refined, glossy lacquer used for the top coat.
Second line, 'ko ya nuru hito no', uses ko ya, is this, and is a pivot word in which nuru means both to coat with lacquer and to sleep together, left in kana. The particle ya is answered by keru in the third line.
Third line, 'nakarikeru', means was there none, closing with the attributive of the exclamatory keri in answer to ya in the second line, the poem breaking after the third line.
Fourth line, 'ana haraguro no', means ah, how black-hearted, the interjection ana followed by the adjective stem haraguro. It is related to the black of the lacquer.
Final line, 'kimi ga kokoro ya', means that heart of yours, closing with a sigh in the particle ya.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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