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Though in middle night,

By the feigned crow of the cock,

Some may be deceived;

Yet, at Ausaka's gate

This can never be achieved.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #62 by 清(せい)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第62番 [夜]{よ}をこめて
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 夜: よ
    - pos: particle
      text: を
    - pos: verb
      text: こめて
      dictionary: 込める
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 鳥: とり
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - そらね
      dictionary: 空音
    - pos: particle
      text: は
  - - pos: verb
      text: はかる
      dictionary: 謀る
    - pos: particle
      text: とも
- - - pos: noun
      text: よ
      dictionary: 世
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 逢: あふ
      - 坂: さか
      dictionary: 逢坂
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 関: せき
    - pos: particle
      text: は
    - pos: verb
      text: ゆるさ
      dictionary: 許す
    - pos: verb
      text: じ
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 清少納言の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_062.jpg
english:
- Though in middle night,
- By the feigned crow of the cock,
- Some may be deceived;
- Yet, at Ausaka's gate
- This can never be achieved.
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} #62 by [清]{せい}[少]{しょう}[納]{な}[言]{ごん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/62/