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When I turned my look

Toward the place whence I had heard

Hototogisu,

Lo! the only object there

Was the moon of early dawn.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #81 by 後(ご)徳(とく)大(だい)寺(じ)左(さ)大(だい)臣(じん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第81番 ほととぎす
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text: ほととぎす
      dictionary: 時鳥
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 鳴: な
      - き
      dictionary: 鳴く
    - pos: verb
      text: つる
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/つ
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 方: かた
    - pos: particle
      text: を
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 眺: なが
      - むれ
      dictionary: 眺める
    - pos: particle
      text: ば
- - - pos: adverb
      text: ただ
      dictionary: 只
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 有: あり
      - 明: あけ
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 月: つき
    - pos: particle
      text: ぞ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 残: のこ
      - れ
      dictionary: 残る
    - pos: verb
      text: る
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/り
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 後徳大寺左大臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_081.jpg
english:
- When I turned my look
- Toward the place whence I had heard
- Hototogisu,
- Lo! the only object there
- Was the moon of early dawn.
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} #81 by [後]{ご}[徳]{とく}[大]{だい}[寺]{じ}[左]{さ}[大]{だい}[臣]{じん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/81/