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Is there now no way,

But through others' lips, to say

These so fateful words,

That, henceforth, my love for you

I must banish from my thoughts?

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #63 by 左(さ)京(きょうの)大(だい)夫(ぶ)道(みち)雅(まさ)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第63番 [今]{いま}はただ
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 今: いま
    - pos: particle
      text: は
    - pos: adverb
      text: ただ
      dictionary: 只
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 思: おも
      - ひ
      dictionary: 思う
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 絶: た
      - え
      dictionary: 絶える
    - pos: verb
      text: な
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
    - pos: verb
      text: む
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
  - - pos: particle
      text: と
    - pos: particle
      text: ばかり
      dictionary: 許り
    - pos: particle
      text: を
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 人: ひと
      - づて
      dictionary: 人伝
    - pos: particle
      text: ならで
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ならで
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 言: い
      - ふ
      dictionary: 言う
    - pos: noun
      text: よし
      dictionary: 由
    - pos: particle
      text: もがな
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/もがな
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 左京大夫道雅の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_063.jpg
english:
- Is there now no way,
- But through others' lips, to say
- These so fateful words,
- That, henceforth, my love for you
- I must banish from my thoughts?
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} #63 by [左]{さ}[京]{きょうの}[大]{だい}[夫]{ぶ}[道]{みち}[雅]{まさ}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/63/