“Obscuring the Light and Mixing with the Dust,”March 18, 1946
Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, November 30, 1949

　 　 　 　 　
　 塵に同り　光和めつ静やかに　時待つ吾の身にぞありける
274 　

Obscuring the light and
Mixing with the dust,
Tranquilly and calmly
Am I, Mokichi Okada,
Waiting for the right time. 

 #1, page 51, S5-66C
 
　 名を隠して　力匿して救世の　礎窃かに築く吾はも
275 　 Concealing my name,
Keeping my power in check,
Quietly am I, Mokichi Okada,
Building the foundation
For the salvation of the world.		 #2, page 51, S5-66D
  　
　

眼に見えぬ　力を揮ひ世を救ふ　わが神業の奇びなるかも
276 　 Mysterious indeed,
My divine task of
Saving the world with
The power I wield,
Invisible to the physical eye.		 #3, page 51, S5-67A
   
　

今はしも　池中に潜む蛟龍の　世に出でなんと時を待ちぬる
277 　 We wait for the
Very time when will
Appear in the world
The dragon lying concealed  
On the bottom of the lake. 		 #4, page 51, S5-67B
    
　

天ヶ下　治まる世の状眼にうかめ　時待つ吾の楽しかりける
278 　 As passes before my eyes,
The scene of all under
Heaven under control,
In high spirits am I as
I wait for the right time.		 #5, page 51, S5-67C
  
　

理に偏らず　法にも倚らずただ徳に　治まる美代ぞ地上天国 
279 　 Paradise on earth,
A beautiful age
Controlled by virtue,
Leaning neither to
Logic nor to laws. 		 #6, page 52, S5-67D
 
Previous translations, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, #18, pages 10 & 106; Book of Gosanka, #333, page 84.
 
　　　Sounds of the Dawn translation
Paradise on earth / Will be a world ruled in peace, / Not by man-made laws / Nor by scholarly precepts, / But solely by love, virtue.
 
　 　 　 Book of Gosanka translation
Paradise on Earth / Does not go by man’s logic / Nor rely on law; / It is a world solely ruled / By the conduct of virtue.
 
 
　

春雨の　そぼ降る音を耳にしつ　歌などものし今日も暮れける
280 　 Advancing projects such
As composing poetry, I
Listen to the soft sounds
Of the falling spring rain,
The day comes to a close.		 #7, page 52, S5-67E