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Better to have slept

Care-free, than to keep vain watch

Through the passing night,

Till I saw the lonely moon.

Traverse her descending path.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #59 by 赤(あか)染(ぞめ)衛(え)門(もん)

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59番 やすらはで
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text: やすらは
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/やすらふ
    - pos: particle
      text: で
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 寝: ね
      dictionary: 寝る
    - pos: verb
      text: な
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
    - pos: verb
      text: まし
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/まし
    - pos: noun
      text: もの
      dictionary: 物
    - pos: particle
      text: を
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 小: さ
      - 夜: よ
      dictionary: 小夜
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 更: ふ
      - け
      dictionary: 更ける
    - pos: particle
      text: て
- - - pos: verb
      text: かたぶく
      dictionary: 傾く
    - pos: particle
      text: まで
      dictionary: 迄
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 月: つき
    - pos: particle
      text: を
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 見: み
      dictionary: 見る
    - pos: verb
      text: し
      dictionary: き
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 哉
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 赤染衛門の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_059.jpg
english:
- Better to have slept
- Care-free, than to keep vain watch
- Through the passing night,
- Till I saw the lonely moon.
- Traverse her descending path.
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} #59 by [赤]{あか}[染]{ぞめ}[衛]{え}[門]{もん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/59/