百人一首第16番　立ち別れ — Tegaki Tuesday

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Though we parted be;

If on Mount Inaba's peak

I should hear the sound

Of the pine trees growing there,

Back at once I'll make my way.

百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) #16 by 中(ちゅう)納(な)言(ごん)行(ゆき)平(ひら)

Notes on this poem

掛かけ詞ことば ?

いなば: 因(い)幡(なば)/往(い)なば
まつ: 松(まつ)/待(ま)つ

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

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