they all march off to war — the green of the mountains greener still
minna dete yuku yama no aosa no iyoiyo aoku
1937–1938 · Wartime poems
Sōmokutō · The Home Front (Jūgo)
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The men of the village are all going off to war. Around the emptying village, the mountains only deepen their green. It is as though the color grows richer for every person who leaves. To those left behind to see them off, that greenness must have cut to the heart.