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Sighing all alone,

Through the long watch of the night,

Till the break of day:

Can you realize at all

What a tedious thing it is?

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #53 by ()(だい)(しょう)(みち)(つなの)(はは)

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53番 [嘆]{なげ}きつつ
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : なげ
      - 
      dictionary: 嘆く
    - pos: particle
      text: つつ
  - - pos: noun
      text: ひとり
      dictionary: 一人
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 寝る
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - くる
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/明く
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: adverb
      text: いかに
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/いかに
    - pos: adjective
      text:
      - : ひさ
      - しき
      dictionary: 久しい
  - - pos: noun
      text: もの
      dictionary: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 知る
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 右大将道綱母の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_053.jpg
english:
- Sighing all alone,
- Through the long watch of the night,
- 'Till the break of day:'
- Can you realize at all
- What a tedious thing it is?
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} #53 by [右]{う}[大]{だい}[将]{しょう}[道]{みち}[綱]{つなの}[母]{はは}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/53/