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Meeting in the way—,

While I can not clearly know

If 'tis friend or not;

Lo! the midnight moon, ah me!

In a cloud has disappeared.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #57 by 紫(むらさき)式(しき)部(ぶ)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第57番 めぐりあひて
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text: めぐりあひ
      dictionary: 巡り会う
    - pos: particle
      text: て
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 見: み
      dictionary: 見る
    - pos: verb
      text: し
      dictionary: き
    - pos: particle
      text: や
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/や
    - pos: noun
      text: それ
      dictionary: 其れ
    - pos: particle
      text: とも
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 分: わ
      - か
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/分く
    - pos: verb
      text: ぬ
      dictionary: ず
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 間: ま
    - pos: particle
      text: に
- - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 雲: くも
      - 隠: がく
      - れ
      dictionary: 雲隠れ
    - pos: verb
      text: に
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
    - pos: verb
      text: し
      dictionary: き
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 夜: よ
      - 半: は
      dictionary: 夜半
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 月: つき
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 哉
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 紫式部の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_057.jpg
english:
- Meeting in the way—,
- While I can not clearly know
- If 'tis friend or not;
- Lo! the midnight moon, ah me!
- In a cloud has disappeared.
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} #57 by [紫]{むらさき}[式]{しき}[部]{ぶ}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/57/