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If, against my wish,

In the world of sorrows still,

I for long should live;

How then I would pine, alas!

For this moon of middle-night.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #68 by 三(さん)条(じょう)院(いん)

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68番 [心]{こころ}にも
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 心: こころ
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: particle
      text: も
  - - pos: verb
      text: あら
      dictionary: 在る
    - pos: particle
      text: で
    - pos: adjective
      text: うき
      dictionary: 憂い
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 世: よ
    - pos: particle
      text: に
  - - pos: verb
      text: ながらへ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ながらふ
    - pos: particle
      text: ば
- - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 恋: こひ
      - しかる
      dictionary: 恋しい
    - pos: verb
      text: べき
      dictionary: 可き
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 夜: よ
      - 半: は
      dictionary: 夜半
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 月: つき
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 哉
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 三条院の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_068.jpg
english:
- If, against my wish,
- In the world of sorrows still,
- I for long should live;
- How then I would pine, alas!
- For this moon of middle-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} #68 by [三]{さん}[条]{じょう}[院]{いん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/68/