1 00:01:41,031 --> 00:01:42,658 Dear Hiroko! 2 00:01:45,669 --> 00:01:48,661 ...and the last night I had no dreams... 3 00:01:51,642 --> 00:01:55,078 But did I sleep or was it non-existance already... 4 00:01:58,048 --> 00:02:02,542 As I opened my eyes I saw the same candle and heard still the same... 5 00:02:03,787 --> 00:02:10,090 ...rumble of wheels and murmur of the wind... 6 00:02:14,765 --> 00:02:18,667 My journey to your sad country is not yet completed, and here in Russia 7 00:02:19,803 --> 00:02:25,002 I am not able to part with the feelings which hold me captive... 8 00:02:40,824 --> 00:02:45,625 My soul seemed to be in search of beauty and kindness. 9 00:02:46,163 --> 00:02:50,998 Otherwise - what for did I deserve this gift, this encounter... 10 00:03:57,067 --> 00:03:59,763 I got to the place in the twilight. 11 00:04:01,705 --> 00:04:07,974 The sound of the wind and my tiredness gave me no rest... 12 00:04:17,854 --> 00:04:23,815 I lay on the floor, there was a little lamp at the head, 13 00:04:29,065 --> 00:04:30,862 my bedding was on the mat... 14 00:05:04,201 --> 00:05:07,762 For some reason I thought of war 15 00:05:10,974 --> 00:05:14,000 and pictures of unknown life appeared in my mind... 16 00:05:16,913 --> 00:05:17,845 maybe from the past, 17 00:05:19,883 --> 00:05:21,851 or perhaps, of the future... 18 00:05:34,931 --> 00:05:36,865 Somebody's children... 19 00:05:42,939 --> 00:05:44,804 Somebody's mothers... 20 00:06:04,427 --> 00:06:05,951 Warm summer... 21 00:08:01,077 --> 00:08:06,709 Morning was windy, cold and sunny... 22 00:08:16,626 --> 00:08:18,491 I looked around the house carefully. 23 00:08:25,035 --> 00:08:26,627 The house was empty... 24 00:09:09,112 --> 00:09:12,707 Then I remember, I turned at some squeak... 25 00:11:27,183 --> 00:11:30,619 It seemed she did not notice me... 26 00:11:33,423 --> 00:11:35,414 I decided to come nearer... 27 00:14:54,590 --> 00:14:58,390 I remember well how everything became interesting: 28 00:14:59,695 --> 00:15:02,391 ...walls. utensils, the wind, 29 00:15:03,933 --> 00:15:06,800 light, sounds - all her life. 30 00:20:22,752 --> 00:20:24,845 We agreed that she allows me to stay 31 00:20:25,087 --> 00:20:26,748 near her all the time. 32 00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:30,654 All those hours and minutes, which I was 33 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,652 allowed to spend in her old house, 34 00:20:35,498 --> 00:20:38,023 she let me sit near her. 35 00:20:42,972 --> 00:20:47,739 I needed it to see enough of her, to my heart's content. 36 00:34:28,063 --> 00:34:31,123 she sews kimonos to sell... 37 00:34:46,114 --> 00:34:47,581 ...I have never seen 38 00:34:48,683 --> 00:34:51,880 how they sew mourning kimono. 39 00:37:18,733 --> 00:37:19,700 Ashes are hot: 40 00:37:22,070 --> 00:37:26,905 she warms up a little iron and warms her fingers... 41 00:38:52,427 --> 00:38:53,758 What a delicate, 42 00:38:55,096 --> 00:38:57,360 what a solid construction: 43 00:39:02,971 --> 00:39:05,906 the house is 130 years old... 44 00:39:14,415 --> 00:39:18,044 Walls and doors are glued over with paper, everything is breathing, 45 00:39:18,386 --> 00:39:22,117 in everything there is persistence, 46 00:39:22,891 --> 00:39:25,917 obstinancy and immutability... 47 00:39:42,877 --> 00:39:45,812 A hundred-year old timber, carving... 48 00:39:59,494 --> 00:40:01,928 Temperature is a little above zero, 49 00:40:02,964 --> 00:40:05,956 the doors are opened... It is cold in the house... 50 00:40:07,168 --> 00:40:09,033 Not a single warm place... 51 00:40:16,978 --> 00:40:19,378 Earthen floors are seen everywhere. 52 00:59:40,592 --> 00:59:43,152 It seemed, she wanted to tell me something 53 00:59:47,299 --> 00:59:48,288 but she kept silent... 54 00:59:53,805 --> 00:59:54,669 I kept silent too... 55 01:00:06,184 --> 01:00:07,845 It is time to start on my journey. 56 01:02:24,322 --> 01:02:26,654 I was looking at her house and felt almost 57 01:02:28,894 --> 01:02:31,829 sure that I should never see it again. 58 01:02:51,016 --> 01:02:54,952 I waited for her in the main room of the house 59 01:02:56,988 --> 01:02:58,080 Candles were burning... 60 01:03:01,626 --> 01:03:03,890 I could see a figurine of Buddha... 61 01:04:19,804 --> 01:04:23,501 She told me she would read her poems 62 01:04:25,010 --> 01:04:26,807 at parting. 63 01:05:07,052 --> 01:05:10,954 In the late autumn A tiny brook is moving 64 01:05:13,058 --> 01:05:14,525 My heart is breaking with sorrow 65 01:05:30,742 --> 01:05:33,711 Every morning In a little temple 66 01:05:34,546 --> 01:05:36,036 I pray for my children 67 01:05:55,567 --> 01:05:59,526 From the ravine will the rains ever summon 68 01:06:00,605 --> 01:06:01,765 the cuckoos' voices 69 01:06:39,777 --> 01:06:42,712 Ten years have passed Since I have lost my husband 70 01:06:44,315 --> 01:06:45,873 Still the pain and bitterness 71 01:06:46,551 --> 01:06:48,746 Are in my heart, like thorns. 72 01:06:59,797 --> 01:07:02,857 Late autumn quietness Finds consolation 73 01:07:04,903 --> 01:07:07,531 in bamboo pipe's sounds. 74 01:07:24,822 --> 01:07:28,849 The married daughter of mine Does not think of me 75 01:07:29,627 --> 01:07:31,720 As I - mother think of her 76 01:07:33,698 --> 01:07:36,826 It is sad to be waiting... in my isolated 77 01:07:38,002 --> 01:07:41,563 mountainous place Somehow unnoticed 78 01:07:48,613 --> 01:07:52,344 The crickets stopped to sing 79 01:07:53,985 --> 01:07:55,714 Snowstorm is coming 80 01:08:49,941 --> 01:08:52,637 Bending softly and gracefully 81 01:08:53,444 --> 01:08:54,968 To a streamlet murmur 82 01:08:57,415 --> 01:08:58,404 is the white lily 83 01:09:18,169 --> 01:09:21,339 Seeing off another year 84 01:09:21,339 --> 01:09:23,967 I see deeper sadness 85 01:09:26,744 --> 01:09:31,010 Ah, the autumn moon...