西日本集中豪雨と月下美人
先週一週間殆ど雨が降り続いた。私が知る限り、こんなに大量の雨が広範囲に降り続いたことは記憶に無い。もっと激しい局地的な豪雨は、結構あったように思うが、昼夜を通し、殆ど休み無く降り続いた。空には雨がいっぱい有るんだな・・と思った。特に大阪北部はつい最近、大きな地震があっただけに、神さんいい加減にしてよ・・と思ったが,中々いう事を聞いてくれなかった。ところが、そんなうっとうしい日々の中、妻が精魂傾けて放置している月下美人が、今宵限りと咲き誇ってくれた。小生の帰りを待って、たった一輪、一晩だけ。いとしいと云うか何というか、深夜12時近かったこともあって、特に風情が感じられた。ただただ帰りを待ってくれていたのは、月下美人と広太郎だけ。
It rained for most of the last week. As far as I know, I don’t remember such a large amount of rain falling over a wide area. I think there were quite a few more severe local downpours, but it rained all day and night, almost without a break. There must be a lot of rain in the sky… I thought. Especially in the northern part of Osaka, where there was a big earthquake recently, I thought that God was not going to be nice to me, but he didn’t listen to me. However, in the midst of such annoying days, the beauty of the moonlight, which my wife had been neglecting with all her soul, bloomed for only this night. Waiting for my return, just one flower, just one night. As it was almost midnight, I could feel the atmosphere of the place. The only people who were simply waiting for me to return were Tsukishita Bijin and Kotaro.
