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Sure that there is none

Who will speak a pitying word,

I shall pass away.

Ah! my death shall only be

My own folly's (fitting end).

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #45 by (けん)(とく)(こう)

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45番 あはれとも
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text: あはれ
      dictionary: 哀れ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text: いふ
      dictionary: 言う
    - pos: verb
      text: べき
      dictionary: 可き
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : おも
      - ほえ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/思ほゆ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: adverb
      text: いたづらに
      dictionary: 徒に
  - - pos: verb
      text: なり
      dictionary: 成る
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
    - pos: verb
      text: べき
      dictionary: 可き
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 謙徳公の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_045.jpg
english:
- Sure that there is none
- Who will speak a pitying word,
- I shall pass away.
- Ah! my death shall only be
- My own folly's (fitting end).
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} #45 by [謙]{けん}[徳]{とく}[公]{こう}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/45/