Ayamegusa ne o nomi kakuru yo no naka ni oritagaetaru hanazakura kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

あやめ草ねをのみかくる世の中に
をりたがへたる花桜かな

Roma-ji: Ayamegusa ne o nomi kakuru yo no naka ni oritagaetaru hanazakura kana
English Translation: Like the iris roots
hung up, all the world is crying
with a voice of grief,
yet the season they mistook,
these blossoms of the cherry
Meaning: In a world where people do nothing but weep aloud, like iris roots hung up in May, the cherry blossoms have bloomed, mistaking their season.
Commentary: Book Eleven Variant Poems 705

In the month of May, when iris roots are hung from the eaves, the world is full of people weeping aloud, yet the cherry blossoms have bloomed, mistaking their season. Placed among laments, the poem may be read as expressing feelings on seeing cherries bloom out of season in a world sunk in grief.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 606 in Book Ten. Poem 606 is a lament saying that the wind once hated for the cherries' sake now pierces the poet, who may scatter before the flowers, and this poem too sings of cherries.

First line, 'ayamegusa', means the iris, whose roots are hung from the eaves at the May festival.
Second line, 'ne o nomi kakuru', joins ne, the roots that are hung, with ne, the sound of weeping, expressing that people do nothing but cry aloud.
Third line, 'yo no naka ni', means in this world.
Fourth line, 'oritagaetaru', means mistaking the season, echoing oru, to pick flowers. The perfective tari appears in its attributive form.
Final line, 'hanazakura kana', means these cherry blossoms, closing with kana. Like sakura yue in the first line of 606 in Book Ten, it sings of cherries.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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