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Ah! within the world,

Way of flight I find nowhere.

I had thought to hide

In the mountains' farthest depths;

Yet e'en there the stag's cry sounds.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #83 by 皇(こう)太(たい)后(ごう)宮(ぐうの)大(だい)夫(ぶ)俊(しゅん)成(ぜい)

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83番 [世]{よ}の[中]{なか}よ
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 世: よ
      - の
      - 中: なか
      dictionary: 世の中
    - pos: particle
      text: よ
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 道: みち
    - pos: particle
      text: こそ
    - pos: adjective
      text: なけれ
      dictionary: 無し
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 思: おも
      - ひ
      dictionary: 思う
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 入: い
      - る
      dictionary: 入る
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 山: やま
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 奥: おく
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: particle
      text: も
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 鹿: しか
    - pos: particle
      text: ぞ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 鳴: な
      - く
      dictionary: 鳴く
    - pos: verb
      text: なる
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/なり
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 皇太后宮大夫俊成の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_083.jpg
english:
- Ah! within the world,
- Way of flight I find nowhere.
- I had thought to hide
- In the mountains' farthest depths;
- Yet e'en there the stag's cry sounds.
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} #83 by [皇]{こう}[太]{たい}[后]{ごう}[宮]{ぐうの}[大]{だい}[夫]{ぶ}[俊]{しゅん}[成]{ぜい}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/83/