百人一首 #50 by 藤原義孝
Translation by Clay MacCauley via Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917
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title: 百人一首 第50番 [君]{きみ}がため
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
text:
- 君: きみ
- pos: particle
text: が
- pos: noun
text: ため
dictionary: 為
- - pos: adjective
text:
- 惜: を
- しから
dictionary: 惜しい
- pos: verb
text: ざり
dictionary: ず
- pos: verb
text: し
dictionary: き
- - pos: noun
text:
- 命: いのち
- pos: particle
text: さへ
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/さへ
- - - pos: adjective
text:
- 長: なが
- く
dictionary: 長い
- pos: particle
text: もがな
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/もがな
- pos: particle
text: と
- - pos: verb
text:
- 思: おも
- ひ
dictionary: 思う
- pos: verb
text: ける
dictionary: けり
- pos: particle
text: かな
dictionary: 哉
image:
file: card.jpg
alt: 藤原義孝の歌のかるた札
credit:
name: Wikimedia Commons
link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_050.jpg
english:
- For thy precious sake,
- Once my (eager) life itself
- Was not dear to me.
- But 'tis now my heart's desire
- It may long, long years endure.
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
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