The Light from the East, Issue 10 観音行


	忠幸[孝]の　道よそにして日の本の　道はあらじな心せよかし
1	Keep in mind there is no path For the source of the sun When the path of loyalty to the Nation and filial piety are Neglected, set aside.	#1, S4-138B

	S4-209B 忠孝の　道よそにして日の本の　道はあらじな心せよかし In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #186, 1936, unpublished; S4-364B 道の為　世の為人の為のみを　非時おもふ真人となれかし is given as a variant of S4-138B, but this poem has its own list of 5 duplicates and variants; S4-131C 忠孝の　道よそにして日の本の　道はあらじな心せよかし In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in World of Divine Light, Issue 5, #14, January 25, 1936.

2	忠孝の　道履みゆけば何時かしら　観音行の門に入るなり
	Once the path of loyalty To the nation and filial Piety is tread, in no time At all is entered he gate Of the Way of Kannon.	#2, S4-139A

	S4-209C 忠孝の　道踏みゆけば何時かしら　観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #187, 1936, unpublished; S4-363E 只管に　誠の道を履みゆけば　観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #148, July 1, 1948; S4-131D 忠孝の　道踏みゆけば何時かしら　観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in World of Divine Light, Issue 5, #15, January 25, 1936.

		S4-363E translation Once is tread the path / Of love and sincerity, / In no time at all / Is entered he gate / Of the Way of Kannon.

3	床しけれ　我身の事を後にして　他人の良よかれと希ふ心の
	Oh humility, You are that which Puts yourself behind And thinks only of The happiness of others.	#3, S4-139B

	S4-131E 床しけれ　我身の事を後にして　他人の良よかれと願ふ心の In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in Crystal World, Issue 5, January 25, 1936; S6-51C 床しけれ　我身の事をあとにして　人のよかれと願ふ心の In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #64, page 15, May 28, 1951; S4-209D 床しけれ　我身の事を後にして　他人の良よかれと希ふ心の In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #188, 1936, unpublished; S4-364A 床しけれ　吾身の事を後にして　他人の良よかれと希ふ心の In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #149, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 41A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 41A; Prayers and Poems, page 41A; Book of Gosanka, #146, page 37; Meishu and His Teachings, page 47.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation How beautiful is the heart of / The one who puts the welfare / Of others before his own.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation How big, beautiful / Is the heart of the person / Who puts first of all / The welfare of other men— / Yes, even before his own.
		Prayers and Poems translation How big and beautiful / Are the hearts of those / Who put first / The welfare of others— / Yes, even before their own.
		Book of Gosanka translation Gracious and noble— / And beautiful is the heart / Of one who does pray / For another’s well-being, / Leaving himself to the last.
		Meishu and His Teachings translation Gracious is the one— / Who abandons thought of self, / Putting himself last; / Whose heart abounds with the hope / Of another’s well-being.

4	国の為　世の為人の為のみを　ときじく思ふ真人尊き
	Precious indeed Are those who invariably Only think of the nation, Of the world Only think of others.	#4, S4-139C

	S4-131A 国の為　世の為人の為のみを　ときじく思ふ真人尊き In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in Crystal World, Issue 5, January 25, 1936; S6-50C 道の為　世の為人の為のみを　非時思ふ人ぞ尊き In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, May 28, 1951, #60, page 14, May 28, 1951; S4-208E 国の為　世の為人の為のみを　ときじく思ふ真人尊き In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #184, 1936, unpublished; S4-364B 道の為　世の為人の為のみを　非時おもふ真人となれかし In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #150, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 52A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 52A; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 72 & 222, #173; Prayers and Poems, page 52A; Book of Gosanka, #217, page 55; Meishu and His Teachings, page 69.

		S4-364B & S6-50C translation Precious indeed / Are those who invariably / Only think of the path, / Of the world / Only think of others.
		S4-364B translation Become a person / Who invariably only / Thinks of the path, / Of the world / Only think of others.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Priceless are those who work for / a divine cause, / Who think of, pray for / Society and all of humanity constantly.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation Priceless are the ones / Who work for a divine cause, / Constantly think of / And pray for all of the world, / For all of humanity.
		Prayers and Poems translation Priceless are the ones / Who work for a divine cause, / Who constantly think of / And pray for all of the world, / For all of humanity.
		Book of Gosanka translation Divine is the man, / Whose thoughts are forever turned / To others, not self; / First to God to serve Him well, / Then to fellow man and world.
		Meishu and His Teachings translation Noble is the man— / Whose thoughts are forever turned / To good he could do; / First to God his duty does, / Then to all his fellow men.

5	救世の為　菩薩とならせ給ひしは　大慈大悲に在せばなりける
	For the sake of World salvation was Manifested as Boddhisattva in great Compassion and in great mercy.	#5, S4-139D

	S4-364C 救世の為　菩薩とならせ給ひしは　大慈大悲に在せばなりける In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live,” in Gosanka Poems, #151, July 1, 1948; S4-210A 救世の為　菩薩とならせ給ひしは　大慈大悲に在せばなりける In a set of poems titled “Way of the Boddhisattva (18)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #189, 1936, unpublished.