百人一首 #89 by 式子内親王
Translation by Clay MacCauley via Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets), 1917
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title: 百人一首 第89番 [玉]{たま}の[緒]{を}よ
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
text:
- 玉: たま
- の
- 緒: を
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/玉の緒
- pos: particle
text: よ
- - pos: verb
text:
- 絶: た
- え
dictionary: 絶える
- pos: verb
text: な
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
- pos: particle
text: ば
- pos: verb
text:
- 絶: た
- え
dictionary: 絶える
- pos: verb
text: ね
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぬ
- - pos: verb
text: ながらへ
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ながらふ
- pos: particle
text: ば
- - - pos: verb
text:
- 忍: しの
- ぶる
dictionary: 忍ぶ
- pos: noun
text: こと
dictionary: 事
- pos: particle
text: の
- - pos: verb
text:
- 弱: よわ
- り
dictionary: 弱る
- pos: particle
text: も
- pos: particle
text: ぞ
dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/ぞ
- pos: verb
text: する
dictionary: 為る
image:
file: card.jpg
alt: 式子内親王の歌のかるた札
credit:
name: Wikimedia Commons
link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_089.jpg
english:
- Life! Thou string of gems!
- If thou art to end, break now.
- For, if yet I live,
- All I do to hide ( my love)
- May at last grow weak (and fail).
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
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