When Koito was fourteen years old, he had a chance encounter with Lieutenant Tsurumi. When he was sixteen years old, he was kidnapped by men who spoke Russian, and only Lieutenant Tsurumi could save him.
After he came back, he never scolded me.
 But he also stopped smiling at me.
لم يوبّخني قط بعد عودته. لكنّه
.توقّف أيضًا عن الابتسام في وجهي
Nach Vaters Heimkehr
hat er mich weder gerügt
Cuando regresó a casa,
Cuando volvió a casa,
Depuis qu’il est revenu de la guerre,
il ne m’a plus jamais grondé,
Una volta tornato a casa, mio padre
Depois que voltou, meu pai
nunca mais brigou comigo.
Когда он вернулся с этой войны…