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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).

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #89 by 式(しき)子(し)内(ない)親(しん)王(のう)

Notes on this poem

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

---
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
---

[百]{ひゃく}[人]{にん}[一]{いっ}[首]{しゅ} #89 by [式]{しき}[子]{し}[内]{ない}[親]{しん}[王]{のう}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/89/