走そう馬ま灯とうのように駆かけ巡めぐる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

flash before one's eyes (of memories)

Idiomatic expression likening a rapid succession of memories to the rotating pictures of a revolving lantern (走馬灯). Often used in near-death or emotionally intense moments.

See also: 走馬灯

• 事じ故この瞬しゅん間かん、これまでの思おもい出でが走そう馬ま灯とうのように駆かけ巡めぐった。

  At the moment of the accident, memories of my life flashed before my eyes like a revolving lantern.

• 走そう馬ま灯とうのように駆かけ巡めぐる過か去この光こう景けいに、彼かれは思おもわず涙なみだした。

  He couldn't help but cry at the scenes from the past that flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.