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Like a rock at sea,

E'en at ebb-tide hid from view,

Is my tear-drenched sleeve:

Never for a moment dry,

And unknown in human ken.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #92 by 二(に)条(じょう)院(いんの)讃(さ)岐(ぬき)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第92番 わが[袖]{そで}は
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text: わが
      dictionary: 我が
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 袖: そで
    - pos: particle
      text: は
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 潮: しほ
      - 干: ひ
      dictionary: 潮干
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 見: み
      - え
      dictionary: 見える
    - pos: verb
      text: ぬ
      dictionary: ず
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 沖: おき
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 石: いし
    - pos: particle
      text: の
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 人: ひと
    - pos: particle
      text: こそ
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 知: し
      - ら
      dictionary: 知る
    - pos: verb
      text: ね
      dictionary: ず
  - - pos: verb
      text:
      - 乾: かわ
      - く
      dictionary: 乾く
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 間: ま
    - pos: particle
      text: も
    - pos: adjective
      text: なし
      dictionary: 無し
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 二条院讃岐の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_092.jpg
english:
- Like a rock at sea,
- E'en at ebb-tide hid from view,
- 'Is my tear-drenched sleeve:'
- Never for a moment dry,
- And unknown in human ken.
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} #92 by [二]{に}[条]{じょう}[院]{いんの}[讃]{さ}[岐]{ぬき}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/92/