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At the break of day,

Just as though the morning moon

Lightened the dim scene,

Yoshino's fair hamlet lay

In a haze of falling snow.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #31 by 坂(さかの)上(うえの)是(これ)則(のり)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第31番 [朝]{あさ}ぼらけ
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 朝: あさ
      - ぼらけ
      dictionary: 朝ぼらけ
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 有: あり
      - 明: あけ
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 月: つき
    - pos: particle
      text: と
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 見: み
      - る
      dictionary: 見る
    - pos: particle
      text: まで
      dictionary: 迄
    - pos: particle
      text: に
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 吉: よし
      - 野: の
      dictionary: 吉野
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 里: さと
    - pos: particle
      text: に
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 降: ふ
      - れ
      dictionary: 降る
    - pos: verb
      text: る
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/り
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 白: しら
      - 雪: ゆき
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 坂上是則の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_031.jpg
english:
- At the break of day,
- Just as though the morning moon
- Lightened the dim scene,
- Yoshino's fair hamlet lay
- In a haze of falling snow.
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} #31 by [坂]{さかの}[上]{うえの}[是]{これ}[則]{のり}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/31/