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Though forgotten now,

For myself I do not care:

He, by oath, was pledged;

And his life, who is forsworn,

That is, ah! so pitiful.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #38 by ()(こん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第38番 [忘]{わす}らるる
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : わす
      - 
      dictionary: 忘れる
    - pos: verb
      text: るる
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/らる
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: をば
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/をば
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : おも
      - 
      dictionary: 思う
    - pos: verb
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : ちか
      - 
      dictionary: 誓う
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/つ
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: 
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : いのち
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - : 
      - しく
      dictionary: 惜しい
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text: ある
      dictionary: 在る
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 右近の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_038.jpg
english:
- Though forgotten now,
- 'For myself I do not care:'
- He, by oath, was pledged;
- And his life, who is forsworn,
- That is, ah! so pitiful.
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} #38 by [右]{う}[近]{こん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/38/