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	憂の世も　楽しき御代となりぬらむ　神の救ひの力現れなば
064	This pitiful world Also will become a Pleasant one when God’s salvation Power is born.	Page 1, #1, S4-427B; S4-425D 憂の世も　楽しき御代となりぬらん　神の救ひの力出でなば In an untitled set of poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 6, page 1, #6, July 20, 1949; S5-97E 憂の世も　楽しき御代となりにけり　神の守りのあるを知りてゆ In an untitled set of poems dated May 1949 in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, page 74, #409, November 30, 1949; S6-92D 憂の世も　楽しき御代となりぬらむ　神の救ひの力現れなば In a set of poems titled “Mercy and Compassion” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 57, #252, May 28, 1951.

		S4-425D translation This pitiful world / Also will become a / Pleasant one when / Appears the / Power of God’s salvation.
		S5-97E translation This pitiful world also / Will become a pleasant one / When people become / Aware that there / Exists God’s protection.

	大神の　深き仕組みは如何ならむ　聖といえど知る由もなき
065	No way is there, even for Those held in high Religious esteem, to Understand how profound The plan of God is.	Page 1, #2, S4-427C; S5-102C 大神の　深き仕組みは如何ならむ　聖といえど知る由もなき In a set of poems dated May 18, 1949 and titled “God’s Program” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, page 77, #430, November 30, 1949; S6-86D 大神の　深き仕組みは如何ならむ　聖といえど知る由もなき In a set of poems titled “The Great Plan” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 51, #224, May 28, 1951; previous translations, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 8 & 92, #9; Book of Gosanka, page 5, #17.

		Sounds of the Dawn translation The great Plan of God / Is so far beyond man’s ken, / So very profound, / Even the wisest of men / Cannot perceive any part.
		Book of Gosanka translation Great God’s profound Plan / Is much too deep to fathom; / Even old masters / Or sages of great knowledge / Can in no way know God’s Plan.

	人の眼に　なぞ映らめや大神の　仕組の深さはかりしらねば
066	How can we know The depths of God’s Plan by what appears In the eyes of Human beings?	Page 1, #3, S4-428A; S5-102D 人の眼に　なぞ映らむや大神の　仕組の深さはかりしらねば In a set of poems dated May 18, 1949 and titled “God’s Plan” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, #431, page 78; S6-86E 人の眼に　など映らめや大神の　仕組の深き量り知らねば In a set of poems titled “The Great Plan” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #225, page 50, May 28, 1951; previous translation in Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 8 & 92, #10.

		Sounds of the Dawn translation How can God’s great Plan / Be discerned by human mind, / When it is so deep, / So boundless, it reaches far / Beyond man’s understanding?

	厭離穢土　清め浄みて新しき　楽しき御代を造る神業
067	Happy are the people who know That even though a human being May get away with a lie, One cannot get away With deceit in God’s eyes.	Page 1, #4, S4-428B; S5-103A 厭離穢土　清め浄みて新しき　楽しき御代を造る神 In a set of poems dated May 18, 1949 and titled “God’s Program” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, page 78, #432, November 30, 1949; S6-103A 厭離穢土　澄み浄められ新しき　楽しき御代は現れなむとすも In a set of poems titled “Paradise on Earth” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 67, #299, May 28, 1951; previous translation, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 10 & 96, #12.

		S6-103A translation This detested, / Defiled world cleansed, / Purified, a new, / Pleasant world / Will be born.
		Sounds of the Dawn translation God will purify / This clouded earth, making it / A new world of peace / And happiness, according / To his Divine Light Program.


	仏の世は　澄極まりて例しなき　弥勒の御代は始まらむとすも
068	The world of Buddhism, Cleaned thoroughly, The world of Maitreya Without parallel Begins.	Page 1, #5, S4-428C; S5-103B 仏の世は　すみ極まりて例しなき　弥勒の御代は生まれなんとすも In a set of poems dated May 18, 1949 and titled “God’s Program” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, page 78, #433, November 30, 1949; S6-102E 仏の世は　すみ極まりて待ち望む　弥勒の御代は生れんとすも In a set of poems titled “Paradise on Earth” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 67, #298, May 28, 1951.

		S6-102E translation The world of Buddhism, / Cleaned thoroughly, / The long-awaited / World of Maitreya / Is to be born.

	世の終り　来つるも知らで埒もなき　争い事に耽る哀れさ
069	How pitiful Are those foolishly Absorbed in conflict, Not knowing that the End of the world is coming.	Page 1, #6, S4-428D; S5-103C 世の終り　来つるも知らで埒もなき　争い事に耽る哀れさ In a section titled “God’s Program” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, November 30, 1949, #434, page 78; S6-97B 世の終り　来つるも知らで埒もなき　争い事に耽るうたてさ In a section titled “End of the World” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, May 28, 1951, page 61, #274 (R273).