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If thy name be true,

Trailing vine of "Meeting Hill,"

Is there not some way

Whereby, without ken of men,

I can draw thee to my side?

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #25 by 三(さん)条(じょう)右(う)大(だい)臣(じん)

Notes on this poem

掛かけ詞ことば ?

くる

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

---
title: 百人一首 第25番 [名]{な}にし[負]{お}はば
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 名: な
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: particle
      text: し
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/し
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 負: お
      - は
      dictionary: 負う
    - pos: particle
      text: ば
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 逢: あふ
      - 坂: さか
      - 山: やま
      dictionary: 逢坂
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text: さねかづら
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/さねかづら
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 人: ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 知: し
      - られ
      dictionary: 知る
    - pos: particle
      text: で
  - - pos: verb
      text: くる
      kakekotoba:
      - senses:
        - pos: verb
          text:
          - 来: く
          - る
          dictionary: 来る
        - pos: verb
          text:
          - 繰: く
          - る
          dictionary: 繰る
    - pos: noun
      text: よし
      dictionary: 由
    - pos: particle
      text: もがな
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/もがな
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 三条右大臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_025.jpg
english:
- If thy name be true,
- Trailing vine of "Meeting Hill,"
- Is there not some way
- Whereby, without ken of men,
- I can draw thee to my side?
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} #25 by [三]{さん}[条]{じょう}[右]{う}[大]{だい}[臣]{じん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/25/