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It is for thy sake

That I seek the fields in spring,

Gathering green herbs,

While my garment's hanging sleeves

Are with falling snow beflecked.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #15 by (こう)(こう)(てん)(のう)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第15番 [君]{きみ}がため
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : きみ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text: ため
      dictionary: 
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : はる
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - でて
      dictionary: 出る
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : わか
      - : 
    - pos: verb
      text: つむ
      dictionary: 摘む
- - - pos: noun
      text: わが
      dictionary: 我が
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ころも
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ゆき
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 降る
    - pos: particle
      text: つつ
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 光孝天皇の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_015.jpg
english:
- It is for thy sake
- That I seek the fields in spring,
- Gathering green herbs,
- While my garment's hanging sleeves
- Are with falling snow beflecked.
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} #15 by [光]{こう}[孝]{こう}[天]{てん}[皇]{のう}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/15/