silent in the falling drizzle before a white box
mokumoku to shite shigururu shiroi hako o mae ni
1937–1938 · Wartime verses
Sōmokutō · The Home Front (Jūgo)
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Before a white box holding the ashes of the dead, the people stand rooted in silence. From the sky the drizzle comes falling upon them. A time with no words wraps every one of them. The hiragana of "mokumoku" (silently) deepens the wordlessness all the more.