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    Jūkichi Yagi

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    My Mother\'s Eyes

    In the evening
    when I open my eyes
    I think of my mother in my hometown far away,
    also opening her eyes and saying, “O my sweet child.”
    © Translation: 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura

    MY MOTHER\'S EYES

    From: Kanashiki Shinto (Poor Believers)
    Publisher: Nogikusha, Tokyo
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    My Mother\'s Eyes

    In the evening
    when I open my eyes
    I think of my mother in my hometown far away,
    also opening her eyes and saying, “O my sweet child.”
    © 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
    From: Kanashiki Shinto (Poor Believers)

    My Mother\'s Eyes

    In the evening
    when I open my eyes
    I think of my mother in my hometown far away,
    also opening her eyes and saying, “O my sweet child.”
    © 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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