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Though a swift stream be

By a rock met and restrained

In impetuous flow,

Yet, divided, it speeds on,

And at last unites again.

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #77 by ()(とく)(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77番 [瀬]{せ}を[早]{はや}み
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: adjective
      text:
      - : はや
      - 
      dictionary: 早い
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : いは
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text: せか
      dictionary: 塞く
    - pos: verb
      text: るる
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/らる
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : たき
      - : がは
      dictionary: 滝川
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: verb
      text: われ
      dictionary: 割れる
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : すゑ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 会う
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : おも
      - 
      dictionary: 思う
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 崇徳院の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_077.jpg
english:
- Though a swift stream be
- By a rock met and restrained
- In impetuous flow,
- Yet, divided, it speeds on,
- And at last unites again.
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} #77 by [崇]{す}[徳]{とく}[院]{いん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/77/