Poems in Eikô, Issue 169
August 13, 1952

　 　 　 　 　
　 人類を　救ふは外にあらざらめ　只人間の悪を除るより
142 　

No other way is
There to save humanity
Than to remove
The evil that resides
In human beings.

 #1, S6-235A
　 　 　 　 　
　 　 小賢き　人のみ殖えて真なる　智慧ある人の乏しき世や
143 　 Indeed, it is an age in which
Only increases the number of
Smart alecks while
Scarce are those individuals
Of true wisdom.		 #2, S6-235B
 
Such is the contemporary world
Where only the number
Of wise guys increases,
While fewer and fewer people
Have true wisdom.		translated by taki, August 8,2010
 
Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 45C; Prayers and Gosanka, page 45C; Prayers and Poems, page 45C; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #128, pages 56 & 185 Book of Gosanka, #270, page 68.
 
Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation
With the ever-increasing number / Of egotistical, deceitful people / in this world, / Individuals who have true wisdom / are becoming scarcer.
 
Prayers and Gosanka translation
In our world today, / While men of deceit, ego, / Increase in number, / Those who possess true wisdom / Become scarcer and scarcer.
 
Sounds of the Dawn translation
Alas, the cunning, / Shrewd ones increase in number! / In today’s mad world, / Those who have the true wisdom / Are growing more and more scarce.
 
Prayers and Poems translation
In our world today, / While people of deceit and ego, / Increase in number, / Those who possess true wisdom / Become scarcer and scarcer.
 
Book of Gosanka translation
What a sad world ‘tis, / Where just those who are crafty / Increase in number; / There is not enough of those, / Who use wisdom gifted them.
 
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

事故多き　此頃の世ぞ儚けれ　頭の悪き人の増ゆれば
144 　 Ephemeral is this world
With so many accidents and
Incidents, as increases so much
The number of individuals
With feeble brains.		 #3, S6-235C