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If the "Magpie Bridge"—

Bridge by flight of magpies spanned,

White with frost I see:

With a deep-laid frost made white:

Late, I know, has grown the night.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #6 by (ちゅう)()(ごん)(やか)(もち)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第6番 かささぎの
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text: かささぎ
      dictionary: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : わた
      - 
      dictionary: 渡す
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/り
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : はし
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text: おく
      dictionary: 置く
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : しも
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - : しろ
      - 
      dictionary: 白い
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 見る
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
    - pos: verb
      text: ふけ
      dictionary: 更ける
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
    - pos: verb
      text: ける
      dictionary: けり
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 中納言家持の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_006.jpg
english:
- If the "Magpie Bridge"—
- Bridge by flight of magpies spanned,
- 'White with frost I see:'
- 'With a deep-laid frost made white:'
- Late, I know, has grown the night.
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} #6 by [中]{ちゅう}[納]{な}[言]{ごん}[家]{やか}[持]{もち}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/6/