spider lilies bloom and my home village is only graves now
higanbana saku furusato wa o-haka no aru bakari
1934–1936 · Toward the mountains, toward the water
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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In the home village where spider lilies bloom, no house remains — only graves. His place of return has changed from the house of the living to the tombs of the dead. Still the flowers, blazing red, come out to welcome him.