{"id":4899,"date":"2021-04-05T22:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2021-04-05T22:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:40:56","slug":"little-girl-sadakos-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/little-girl-sadakos-hiroshima\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Girl Sadako’s Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little Girl Sadako’s Hiroshima<\/h1>\n
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Destroying a City and Lives<\/h2>\n

Little Girl Sadako’s Hiroshima was destroyed by a nuclear bomb named \u201cLittle Boy\u201d in 1945 when she was just 2 years old. She got stuck in the middle of a deadly war that lost more than 220,000 people. This radiation bomb, which brought the end of the war, caused a brutal trauma for Sadako and many of her people. In this little girl Sadako’s Hiroshima, while many people died or were injured within seconds after the attack, some suffered from radiation-induced illnesses or died months or years later. Sadako was one in who the impact of the bomb appeared years later. Ten years after the bomb went off, she developed Leukaemia and was hospitalized for treatment.<\/p>\n

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A scene from the film ‘Hiroshima’ (Photo by European\/FPG\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Legend of One Thousand Cranes<\/h2>\n

Despite all the traumas she had experienced, she never lost the hope of getting better. One day, while Sadako was being treated at the hospital, someone reminded her of a legend. The legend was this: If a person folds 1,000 cranes out of paper, his or her wishes will come true. When Sadako heard this, she was thrilled. A little more was added to her inner hope, and excitedly began to fold the cranes.<\/p>\n

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Sadako in her bed at the hospital (Photo by DeAgostini\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sadako’s Goodbye<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, Sadako succumbed to Leukaemia on her 644th crane and died on October 25, 1955. However, her friends completed the cranes to 1,000 and subsequently fulfilled Sadako’s wish.\u00a0 After her death, she became an important symbol of peace all over the world, leading to her own hope to flourish in other people’s gardens. This was a miracle that not everyone was lucky enough to accomplish.<\/p>\n

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The A-Bomb Dome also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Little Girl”<\/h2>\n

After Sadako’s tragic death, the famous Turkish poet Naz\u0131m Hikmet wrote a poem called “Little Girl” referring to the “Little Boy” bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The little ghost girl in this poem was actually Sadako; in fact, it was all the children who died because of the war. This touching poem reveals how children, the most important creators of the future, were ignored and left to death during the war. (The Turkish version of the poem and its English translated version by Hulusi \u00c7\u0131nar are below (https:\/\/hulusicinar.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/30\/pete-seeger-nazim-hikmet-ve-kiz-cocugu-siiri\/<\/a>))<\/p>\n

\"\"Turkish Poet Naz\u0131m Hikmet<\/p>\n

KIZ \u00c7OCU\u011eU<\/p>\n

Kap\u0131lar\u0131 \u00e7alan benim
\nkap\u0131lar\u0131 birer birer.
\nG\u00f6z\u00fcn\u00fcze g\u00f6r\u00fcnemem
\ng\u00f6ze g\u00f6r\u00fcnmez \u00f6l\u00fcler.<\/p>\n

Hiro\u015fima\u2019da \u00f6leli
\noluyor bir on y\u0131l kadar.
\nYedi ya\u015f\u0131nda bir k\u0131z\u0131m,
\nb\u00fcy\u00fcmez \u00f6l\u00fc \u00e7ocuklar.<\/p>\n

Sa\u00e7lar\u0131m tutu\u015ftu \u00f6nce,
\ng\u00f6zlerim yand\u0131 kavruldu.
\nBir avu\u00e7 k\u00fcl oluverdim,
\nk\u00fcl\u00fcm havaya savruldu.<\/p>\n

Benim sizden kendim i\u00e7in
\nhi\u00e7bir \u015fey istedi\u011fim yok.
\n\u015eeker bile yiyemez ki
\nk\u00e2at gibi yanan \u00e7ocuk.<\/p>\n

\u00c7al\u0131yorum kap\u0131n\u0131z\u0131,
\nteyze, amca, bir imza ver.
\n\u00c7ocuklar \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclmesin
\n\u015feker de yiyebilsinler.<\/p>\n

GIRL<\/p>\n

On the doors one by one
\nknocks the girl that I am.
\nI cannot appear to your eyes
\nthe dead cannot be seen by \u2019em.<\/p>\n

I died in Hiroshima
\nalmost a decade ago.
\nI stay a seven year old girl
\n\u2019cause dead kids will not grow.<\/p>\n

My hair was aflame at first,
\nmy eyes seared and burned.
\nSuddenly I turned to ashes
\nmy ashes tossed and hurled.<\/p>\n

I do not want anything
\nfor my little self from you.
\nHow a kid \u00a0eats a candy
\nif only she boils like a glue.<\/p>\n

I knock on your doors,
\nmister, missus, sign my plea.
\nThat kids shall not be killed
\nand\u00a0 candy should be free.<\/p>\n

Faz\u0131l Say’s Oratorio<\/h2>\n

This dolorous poem by Naz\u0131m Hikmet was brought into many other art forms. Its oratorio was displayed on the stages and its songs was sang to the masses. A Turkish pianist Faz\u0131l Say\u2019s oratorio which is dedicated to Naz\u0131m Hikmet also includes this poem, sung by a little girl. Listening to it, it truly is a storm breaking within our hearts.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BcFDLR-AOWQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Turkish Pianist Faz\u0131l Say<\/p>\n

“I Come and Stand By”<\/h2>\n

In addition to all this, American Folk singer Pete Seeger composed a song for \u201cLittle Girl\u201d in the title of \u201cI come and stand by\u201d. This version of the poem is actually a free-style translation by Jeanette. Although it is not an exact translation, it\u2019s meant to evoke the emotions of the original one. One of the best singers that brings life to the song is the band \u2018This Mortal Coil\u2019. Here below is the link to it.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6vZ0KgLifjI&t=236s<\/a><\/p>\n

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A man plays his guitar in front of in front of ruins (Photo by PHILIP FONG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“A War Against Children”<\/h2>\n

These pieces, written and composed for Sadako and children like her, survive until today and keep them alive in a certain sense. At the same time, because of their anti-war qualities, these pieces teach the future generations not to make the same mistakes of the past generations. The war is painful for everyone, but when it comes to children\u2013 the most vulnerable beings, it is truly agonizing. For whatever the reason might be to go to war, the children are the ones who suffer the most. As Howard Zinn once said: \u201cWe need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.\u201d And that\u2019s what Sadako wished in her fleeting life.<\/p>\n

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A Japanese child sits crying in the rubble of Hiroshima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

References<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/atomic-bomb-hiroshima.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sadako_and_the_Thousand_Paper_Cranes.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sadako_Sasaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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