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O ye Winds of Heaven!

In the paths among the clouds

Blow, and close the ways,

That we may these virgin forms

Yet a little while detain.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #12 by (そう)(じょう)(へん)(じょう)

Notes on this poem

Translation by Clay MacCauley via Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917

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title: 百人一首 第12番 [天]{あま}つ[風]{かぜ}
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : あま
      - 
      - : かぜ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/天つ風
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : くも
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : かよ
      - 
      - : 
      dictionary: 通い路
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 吹く
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 
      - ぢよ
      dictionary: 閉じる
- - - pos: noun
      text: をとめ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/をとめ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 姿: すがた
  - - pos: adverb
      text: しばし
      dictionary: 暫し
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - とど
      - 
      dictionary: 留める
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 僧正遍昭の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_012.jpg
english:
- O ye Winds of Heaven!
- In the paths among the clouds
- Blow, and close the ways,
- That we may these virgin forms
- Yet a little while detain.
translation:
  author: Clay MacCauley
  site:
    name: Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917
    link: https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/macauley.html
---

[百]{ひゃく}[人]{にん}[一]{いっ}[首]{しゅ} #12 by [僧]{そう}[正]{じょう}[遍]{へん}[昭]{じょう}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/12/