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Would that this, our world,

Might be ever as it is!

What a lovely scene!

See that fisherwoman's boat,

Rope-drawn, rowed along the beach.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #93 by 鎌(かま)倉(くらの)右(う)大(だい)臣(じん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第93番 [世]{よ}の[中]{なか}は
japanese:
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 世: よ
      - の
      - 中: なか
      dictionary: 世の中
    - pos: particle
      text: は
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 常: つね
    - pos: particle
      text: に
    - pos: particle
      text: もがも
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/もがも
    - pos: particle
      text: な
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 渚: なぎさ
    - pos: verb
      text: こぐ
      dictionary: 漕ぐ
- - - pos: noun
      text: あま
      dictionary: 海人
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 小: を
      - 舟: ぶね
      dictionary: 小舟
    - pos: particle
      text: の
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 綱: つな
      - 手: で
      dictionary: 綱手
    - pos: adjective
      text: かなし
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/かなし
    - pos: particle
      text: も
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 鎌倉右大臣の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_093.jpg
english:
- Would that this, our world,
- Might be ever as it is!
- What a lovely scene!
- See that fisherwoman's boat,
- Rope-drawn, rowed along the beach.
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} #93 by [鎌]{かま}[倉]{くらの}[右]{う}[大]{だい}[臣]{じん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/93/