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If a trysting time

There should never be at all,

I should not complain

For myself (oft left forlorn),

Or of her (in heartless mood).

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #44 by (ちゅう)()(ごん)(あさ)(ただ)

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44番 [逢]{あ}ふことの
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 会う
    - pos: noun
      text: こと
      dictionary: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 絶える
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/し
    - pos: adjective
      text: なく
      dictionary: 無し
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: adverb
      text: なかなか
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/なかなか
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : うら
      - 
      dictionary: 恨む
    - pos: verb
      text: ざら
      dictionary: 
    - pos: verb
      text: まし
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/まし
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 中納言朝忠の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_044.jpg
english:
- If a trysting time
- There should never be at all,
- I should not complain
- For myself (oft left forlorn),
- Or of her (in heartless mood).
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} #44 by [中]{ちゅう}[納]{な}[言]{ごん}[朝]{あさ}[忠]{ただ}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/44/