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If it were my wish

White chrysanthemum to cull;

Puzzled by the frost

Of the early autumn time,

I by chance might pluck the flower.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #29 by 凡(おおし)河(こう)内(ちの)躬(み)恒(つね)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第29番 [心]{こころ}あてに
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 心: こころ
      - あて
      dictionary: 心当て
    - pos: particle
      text: に
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 折: を
      - ら
      dictionary: 折る
    - pos: particle
      text: ばや
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ばや
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 折: を
      - ら
      dictionary: 折る
    - pos: verb
      text: む
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 初: はつ
      - 霜: しも
    - pos: particle
      text: の
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 置: お
      - き
      dictionary: 置く
    - pos: verb
      text: まどはせる
      dictionary: 惑わす
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 白: しら
      - 菊: ぎく
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 花: はな
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 凡河内躬恒の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_029.jpg
english:
- If it were my wish
- White chrysanthemum to cull;
- Puzzled by the frost
- Of the early autumn time,
- I by chance might pluck the flower.
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} #29 by [凡]{おおし}[河]{こう}[内]{ちの}[躬]{み}[恒]{つね}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/29/