【被爆者の俳句】5 Haiku by atomic bomb victims 5

家族爆死二人 　

片陰に休らへる如くゐて死せり 焦土たゞ黒きに銀河垂れさがり　　國貞靜雄　

家族二人を亡くし、自らも深い傷を負いながらも天の川に美しさを見出している。

焦土に触るるばかりに垂れさがる銀河は、そこに横たわるあまたの犠牲者への鎮魂だ。

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【Haiku by atomic bomb victims】5

Two of my family killed by the bomb　

　They lie dead

　as if resting

　in a patch of shade

　The Milky Way hangs low

　over pure blackness—

　the scorched earth

　　　　　　　 Kunisada Shizuo

Two members of his family died, and he himself sustained grave injuries.

And yet, the beauty of the Milky Way still moves him. It hangs so low, stretching across the sky, that it almost seems to touch the scorched earth, as if gently urging the peace of each dead soul.

　　　　　Translation © Janine Beichman