"Silent on swords"
This scene is about climbing a mountain of needles with the power of the acrobat.The poem at the upper side is a stanza of "Acrobatics" written by Ogai Mori.
With a lot of standing people
in the dim light the curtain was closed.
Did they see it wrong? No, it's not.
Look. On the sword the child fell.
So why can't they hear a cry?
It's as quiet as a graveyard.
The crowd look at with dull eyes.