Poems in Kôyu, January 9, 1946

　 　 　 　 　
　 病気なく　貧なく争なき御代を　作らんとするわが願ひかな
1 　

My desire is to
Form a world
Where there is no
Conflict, no poverty, and
No illness.

 S4-305A.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　 物足らぬ　国の源温ぬれば　人の誠の足らぬなりけり
2 　 A nation lacks in
Material things because
Its people
Lack in
Love and sincerity.		 S4-305B.
Alternative translation
The answer to the / Question of why a / Nation lacks in material / Things is that its people / Lack in love and sincerity.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

災ひの　その悉は己が手に　作りておのが苦しむなりけり
3 　 Calamities are
All made by  
Your own hands;
You are the
One who suffers. 		 S4-305C.