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Have we not been pledged

By the wringing of our sleeves,

Each for each in turn,

That o'er Sue's Mount of Pines

Ocean waves shall never pass?

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #42 by 清(きよ)原(はらの)元(もと)輔(すけ)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第42番 [契]{ちぎ}りきな
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 契: ちぎ
      - り
      dictionary: 契る
    - pos: verb
      text: き
    - pos: particle
      text: な
  - - pos: adverb
      text: かたみ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/かたみ
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 袖: そで
    - pos: particle
      text: を
  - - pos: verb
      text: しぼり
      dictionary: 絞る
    - pos: particle
      text: つつ
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 末: すゑ
      - の
      - 松: まつ
      - 山: やま
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/末の松山
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 波: なみ
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 越: こ
      - さ
      dictionary: 越す
    - pos: verb
      text: じ
    - pos: particle
      text: と
    - pos: particle
      text: は
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 清原元輔の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_042.jpg
english:
- Have we not been pledged
- By the wringing of our sleeves,
- Each for each in turn,
- That o'er Sue's Mount of Pines
- Ocean waves shall never pass?
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} #42 by [清]{きよ}[原]{はらの}[元]{もと}[輔]{すけ}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/42/