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If, but through the dreams

Of a spring's short night, I'd rest

Pillowed on this arm,

And my name were blameless stained,

Hard, indeed, would be my fate.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #67 by 周(す)防(おうの)内(ない)侍(し)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第67番 [春]{はる}の[夜]{よ}の
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 春: はる
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 夜: よ
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 夢: ゆめ
    - pos: particle
      text: ばかり
      dictionary: 許り
    - pos: verb
      text: なる
      dictionary: 也
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 手: た
      - 枕: まくら
      dictionary: 手枕
    - pos: particle
      text: に
- - - pos: adjective
      text: かひなく
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/かひなし
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 立: た
      - た
      dictionary: 立つ
    - pos: verb
      text: む
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 名: な
    - pos: particle
      text: こそ
    - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 惜: を
      - しけれ
      dictionary: 惜しい
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 周防内侍の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_067.jpg
english:
- If, but through the dreams
- Of a spring's short night, I'd rest
- Pillowed on this arm,
- And my name were blameless stained,
- Hard, indeed, would be my fate.
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} #67 by [周]{す}[防]{おうの}[内]{ない}[侍]{し}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/67/