Iroha(いろは　hiragana) Uta（song）

There are 49 basic hiragana. Nowadays most of people use 50sound-hiragana list. But 200 years ago, this Iroha Uta was used to learn hiragana. This is an amazing song used all hiragana (except ん) without duplication. And it has a deep meaning.

I would like to explain the meaning by each sentence.

いろは

Original meaning of Iro is “color”. But there are other meanings, such as lover, feelings, sexual and flower.

にほへと

Nihoheto = Nioukeredo

ちりぬるを

Chiriruruwo=Chitte shimau(scattered)

わかよたれそ

Wakayo=Wagayo=In my life or In this world

つねならむ

Tsunenaramu=All changing=There is nothing without changing in the world(Buddhism philosophy)

うゐのおくやま

Uinookuyama=Deep forest borne by fate

けふこえて

Kefu=Kyoh=Today

Koete=Pass through

あさきゆめみし

Shallow dreaming

ゑひもせす

Eimosesu=Yoi(get drunk) sesu=sezu(not)

Last 2 sentences have hidden meaning.

If you are unlighted, no need to be bewildered and not to be got drunk by virtual world.

By kanji:

『色は匂へど　散りぬるを』
『我が世誰ぞ　常ならん』
『有為の奥山　今日超えて』
『浅き夢見し　酔ひもせず』

Poetically:

Flower blooms but it falls

My life always changing

Goes by deep forest day by day

Neither dreaming nor drinking

(If you are Enlighted)