:08:15
Isawthenewsreels.
:08:17
Onthesecondday,
historytellsus-I'mnotmakingitup-
:08:22
fromtheseconddayon,
:08:24
certainspeciesof animals
crawledfromthedepthsoftheearth,
:08:28
andfromtheashes.
:08:32
Dogswerecaptured onfilmfor alltime.
Isawthem.
:08:37
Isawthenewsreels.
Isawthem.
:08:40
Ofthefirsttday, thesecondday,
:08:44
thethirdday.
:08:46
Yousawnothing.
:08:48
Ofthefifteenthdaytoo.
:08:52
Hiroshimawascoveredinflowers.
:08:55
Therewerecornflowers
andgladioliieverywhere ,
:08:59
morninggloriesanddaylilies
:09:04
bornagainfromtheashes
:09:06
withanextraordi naryvitality
unheard ofinflowersbeforethen.
:09:12
Ididn'tmakeanyofitup.
:09:14
Youmadeitall up.
:09:18
Noneofit.
:09:19
Justastheillusionexistsinlove,
:09:22
theillusionyoucanneverforget,
:09:26
soIwasundertheillusion
IwouldneverforgetHiroshima.
:09:30
Justlikewithlove.
:09:40
Isawthesurvivorstoo,
:09:43
andthoewhowereinthewombs
ofthewomen ofHiroshima.
:09:47
Isawthepatience,
:09:50
theinnocence ,
:09:52
theapparen tmeekness
:09:55
withwhichthetemporarysurvivors
ofHiroshima
:09:58
adapted toafatesounjust