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On a chilling mat,

Drawing close my folded quilt,

I must sleep alone,

While all through the frosty night

Sounds a cricket's (forlorn chirp).

(ひゃく)(にん)(いっ)(しゅ) #91 by ()(きょう)(ごく)(せっ)(しょう)(さきの)()(じょう)(だい)(じん)

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91番 きりぎりす
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text: きりぎりす
      dictionary: 螽斯
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      - 
      dictionary: 鳴く
    - pos: particle
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/や
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - : しも
      - : 
      dictionary: 霜夜
    - pos: particle
      text: 
  - - pos: noun
      text: さむしろ
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/さむしろ
    - pos: particle
      text: 
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - : ころも
    - pos: verb
      text: かたしき
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/片敷く
  - - pos: noun
      text: ひとり
      dictionary: 一人
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: particle
      text: 
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - : 
      dictionary: 寝る
    - pos: verb
      text: 
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/む
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 後京極摂政前太政大臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_091.jpg
english:
- On a chilling mat,
- Drawing close my folded quilt,
- I must sleep alone,
- While all through the frosty night
- Sounds a cricket's (forlorn chirp).
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} #91 by [後]{ご}[京]{きょう}[極]{ごく}[摂]{せっ}[政]{しょう}[前]{さきの}[太]{だ}[政]{じょう}[大]{だい}[臣]{じん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/91/