onto snow snow falls they say the fighting is only beginning
yuki e yuki furu tatakai wa kore kara da to iu
1937–1938 · Wartime verses
Sōmokutō · The Home Front (Jūgo)
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Onto the fallen snow, still more snow comes down. On such a day, he hears the voices saying the fighting is only just beginning. The snow that will not stop, and the war with no end in sight — two "still going on"s overlap within the white landscape.