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I did not make prayer

(At the shrine of Mercy's God),

That the unkind one

Should become as pitiless

As the storms of Hase's hills.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #74 by 源(みなもとの)俊(とし)頼(より)朝(あ)臣(そん)

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74番 [憂]{う}かりける
japanese:
- - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 憂: う
      - かり
      dictionary: 憂い
    - pos: verb
      text: ける
      dictionary: けり
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 人: ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: を
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 初: はつ
      - 瀬: せ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/初瀬
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 山: やま
    - pos: noun
      text: おろし
      dictionary: 颪
    - pos: particle
      text: よ
- - - pos: adjective
      text: はげしかれ
      dictionary: 激しい
    - pos: particle
      text: と
    - pos: particle
      text: は
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 祈: いの
      - ら
      dictionary: 祈る
    - pos: verb
      text: ぬ
      dictionary: ず
    - pos: noun
      text: もの
      dictionary: 物
    - pos: particle
      text: を
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 源俊頼朝臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_074.jpg
english:
- I did not make prayer
- (At the shrine of Mercy's God),
- That the unkind one
- Should become as pitiless
- As the storms of Hase's hills.
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} #74 by [源]{みなもとの}[俊]{とし}[頼]{より}[朝]{あ}[臣]{そん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/74/