花は散り人は去れどもわが裡の色 あざやかに回帰する 春
SNSのタイムラインに日本の各地で撮られた桜の写真が流れてくる。満開の桜の花の下、さくらを連れた母の後ろ姿を見ながら中濠の周りを歩いた時の光景をふと思い出す。あの時わたしは「いつかこの眺めを懐かしく思い出すだろう」と思っていた。あれは、わたしがチェコへ移住する少し前、20数年ぶりに母とともに暮らした短い日々の中の記憶。
Photos of cherry blossoms from various places in Japan appear on the social networking timelines. It reminds me of the time when I walked along the Central Moat of Castle under the cherry blossoms in full bloom, looking at my mother's back with her dog Sakura (now she is my dog). At the time, I thought "one day I will remember this scenery with nostalgia." It is a memory from the short period when I lived with my late mother for the first time in more than 20 years, just before I moved to the Czech Republic.