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No! no! As for man,

How his heart is none can tell,

But the plum's sweet flower

In my birthplace, as of yore,

Still emits the same perfume.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #35 by (きの)(つら)(ゆき)

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35番 [人]{ひと}はいさ
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: adverb
      text: いさ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/いさ
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : こころ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 知る
    - pos: verb
      text: 
  - - pos: noun
      text: ふるさと
      dictionary: 故郷
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : はな
    - pos: particle
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : むかし
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text: にほひ
      dictionary: 匂う
    - pos: verb
      text: ける
      dictionary: けり
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 紀貫之の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_035.jpg
english:
- No! no! As for man,
- How his heart is none can tell,
- But the plum's sweet flower
- In my birthplace, as of yore,
- Still emits the same perfume.
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} #35 by [紀]{きの}[貫]{つら}[之]{ゆき}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/35/