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If I long should live,

Then, perchance, the present days

May be dear to me;

Just as past time fraught with grief

Now comes fondly back in thought.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #84 by 藤(ふじ)原(わらの)清(きよ)輔(すけ)朝(あ)臣(そん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第84番 ながらへば
japanese:
- - - pos: verb
      text: ながらへ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ながらふ
    - pos: particle
      text: ば
  - - pos: adverb
      text: また
      dictionary: 又
    - pos: noun
      text: このごろ
      dictionary: この頃
    - pos: particle
      text: や
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/や
  - - pos: verb
      text: しのば
      dictionary: 偲ぶ
    - pos: verb
      text: れ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/らる
    - pos: verb
      text: む
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
- - - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 憂: う
      - し
      dictionary: 憂い
    - pos: particle
      text: と
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 見: み
      dictionary: 見る
    - pos: verb
      text: し
      dictionary: き
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 世: よ
    - pos: particle
      text: ぞ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 今: いま
    - pos: particle
      text: は
    - pos: adjective
      text:
      - 恋: こひ
      - しき
      dictionary: 恋しい
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 藤原清輔朝臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_084.jpg
english:
- If I long should live,
- Then, perchance, the present days
- May be dear to me;
- Just as past time fraught with grief
- Now comes fondly back in thought.
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} #84 by [藤]{ふじ}[原]{わらの}[清]{きよ}[輔]{すけ}[朝]{あ}[臣]{そん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/84/