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Though I am not fit,

I have dared to shield the folk

Of this woeful world

With my black-dyed (sacred) sleeve:

I, who live on Mount Hiei.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #95 by 前(さきの)大(だい)僧(そう)正(じょう)慈(じ)円(えん)

Notes on this poem

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

---
title: 百人一首 第95番 おほけなく
japanese:
- - - pos: adjective
      text: おほけなく
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/おほけなし
  - - pos: adjective
      text: うき
      dictionary: 憂い
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 世: よ
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 民: たみ
    - pos: particle
      text: に
  - - pos: verb
      text: おほふ
      dictionary: 覆う
    - pos: particle
      text: かな
      dictionary: 哉
- - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 我: わ
      - が
      dictionary: 我が
    - pos: verb
      text:
      - 立: た
      - つ
      dictionary: 立つ
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 杣: そま
      dictionary: https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/杣
    - pos: particle
      text: に
  - - pos: noun
      text:
      - 墨: すみ
      - 染: ぞめ
      dictionary: 墨染め
    - pos: particle
      text: の
    - pos: noun
      text:
      - 袖: そで
image:
  file: card.jpg
  alt: 前大僧正慈円の歌のかるた札
  credit:
    name: Wikimedia Commons
    link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyakuninisshu_095.jpg
english:
- Though I am not fit,
- I have dared to shield the folk
- Of this woeful world
- 'With my black-dyed (sacred) sleeve:'
- I, who live on Mount Hiei.
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} #95 by [前]{さきの}[大]{だい}[僧]{そう}[正]{じょう}[慈]{じ}[円]{えん}

[Notes on this poem]https://hyakuninisshu.jp/poem/95/