日ざかりの千人針の一針づつin the blazing heat a thousand-stitch belt one stitch at a time

炎天の街頭。出征する兵士の無事を祈って、千人の女性が一針ずつ縫う千人針。道ゆく人を呼びとめては、また一針が加わる。日ざかりに立ちつづける人の姿を、街頭所見としてそのまま書きとめた句。A street scene in the burning heat. To pray for the safe return of a soldier going to war, a thousand women each add one stitch to a senninbari, a thousand-stitch belt. Calling out to passersby, another stitch is added, and another. He sets down, just as he saw it in the street, the sight of people standing on through the heat of the day.