“Poems for the Grand Autumn Services”
Eikô, Issue 72
October 4,
1950
| 地上天国 弥々成りて目出度も 喜び祝ふ今日の御祭り | ||||
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At this worship service today |
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S5-473A 地上天国 弥々成りて目出度も 喜び祝ふ今日の御祭り In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #1, page 3, September 21, 1950; previous translation, The Light from the East, Volume 2, page 57.
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| The Light from the East translation An earthly paradise / Has been completed at last, / And now we celebrate / With felicity and joy / A sacred service today. | ||||
| いと小さき 型にしあれど大神の 恵みの幸に天国成りぬる | ||||
| 175 | A tiny prototype It may be, through The Almighty God’s Blessing of happiness A paradise has been completed. |
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S5-473B いと小さき 型にしあれど大神の 恵みの幸に天国成りぬる In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #2, page 3, September 21, 1950.
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世を挙げて 讃えん時ぞ待たれける 我神業の世に知らるれば |
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| 176 | We have waited for the Time to celebrate Throughout the world The news of my Work for God. |
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S5-473C 世を挙げて 讃へん時ぞ待たれけり 我神業の世に知らるれば In an untitled set of poems published in the pamphlet “Constructing Paradise on Earth,” #3, page 3, September 21, 1950; S6-110B 世を挙げて 讃へむ時ぞ待たれぬる 我神業の普ねかりせば In a set of poems titled “A Sound Teaching” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 74, #331, May 28, 1951.
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| S6-110B translation We wait for the / Time to celebrate / Throughout the world / The spread of my / Work for God. |
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天をます 大樹も双葉のいと小さき 頃もありける事し思ほゆ |
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| 177 | To be pondered is That a mighty tree That stretches To heaven was once A very small sprout. |
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S5-474A 天をます 大樹も双葉のいと小さき 頃もありける事し思ほゆ In an untitled set of poems published in the pamphlet “Constructing Paradise on Earth,” #4, page 3, September 21, 1950; S6-126D 天をます 大樹も双葉のいと小さき 頃もありける世にしあるなり In a set of poems titled “Random Thoughts” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #416, page 93, May 28, 1951; previous translations, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, #154, pages 67 & 229; Book of Gosanka, #81, page 21; Meishu and His Teachings, page 83.
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| S6-126D translation A world it is / In which a mighty / Tree that stretches / To heaven was once / A very small sprout. |
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| Sounds of the Dawn translation Let us remember— / Even the gigantic tree / Which has grown so tall / It now seems to reach the sky / Was once a tiny seedling. | ||||
| Book of Gosanka translation The great stalwart tree, / Towering high to the sky— / Had a time in life, / When it was a seedling small; / This, too, is the way of world. | ||||
| Meishu and His Teachings translation The great stalwart tree, / Towering high to the sky— / Had a time in life / When it was a seedling small, / Daily struggling to grow tall. | ||||
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此珍の 神仙郷の姿こそ やがて生れなむ天国の型 |
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| 178 | The very form of these solemn Mystic Grounds is A prototype of the Paradise that Will soon appear. |
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S5-474B 此珍の 神仙郷の姿こそ やがて生れなむ天国の型 In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #5, page 4, September 21, 1950.
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幾万年 待たれ給ひし大神の 仕組は今し事はじむなり |
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| 179 | Now is beginning The Plan of Almighty God—Awaited For so many Thousands of years. |
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S5-474C 幾万年 待たれ給ひし大神の 仕組は今し事はじむなり In an untitled set of poems published in the pamphlet “Constructing Paradise on Earth,” #6, page 4,; S6-96D 幾万年 待たれ給ひし大神の 仕組は今し成らむとすなり In a set of poems titled “End of the World” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #270, page 61, May 28, 1951; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 18B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 18B; Prayers and Poems, page 18B; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #7, pages 7 & 91.
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| S6-96D translation Now is reaching / Completion the / Plan of Almighty God, / Awaited for so many / Thousands of years. |
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| Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation The great Plan of God, for which / He Himself has waited many thousands / of years, / Is on the verge of fulfillment. |
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| Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation For thousands of years— / For eons—God has waited / For the time to come. / Now the right time has arrived; / His Plan is being fulfilled. |
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| Prayers and Poems translation For thousands of years— / For eons—God has waited / For the time to come. / Now the right time has arrived; / The Divine Plan is being fulfilled. |
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真善美 完き姿人の眼に 映るなるらめ神仙郷はも |
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| 180 | The Mystic Grounds It is that will reflect Completely in people’s Eyes the form of Truth, virtue, and beauty. |
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S5-474D 真善美 完き姿人の眼に 映るなるらめ神仙郷はも In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #7, page 4, September 21, 1950; previous translation, The Light from the East, Volume 2, page 57.
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| The Light from the East translation Truth, virtue, and beauty / Are contained in the forms / That reflect / In the eyes of everyone / At the Shinsen-kyo. |
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常闇の 世を照さむと日の神は 日光殿を造らせ給ひぬ |
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| 181 | God of the Sun has Brought about construction Of the Sunshine Hall That will illumine The world of eternal darkness. |
#8, S5-479D | ||
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S5-474E 常闇の 世を照さむと日の神は 日光殿を造らせ給ひぬ In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #8, page 4, September 21, 1950.
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日の神の 照す斎場に嬉々として 歓ぎ集へる信徒の群 |
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| 182 | Joyfully the group of Believers happily Gather at the place of Worship illumined by God of Sun. |
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S5-475A 日の神の 照す斎場に嬉々として 歎ぎ集へる信徒の群 In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #9, page 4, September 21, 1950.
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目に耳に 楽しき今日の御祭は 五六七の御代ぞ偲ばれにける |
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| 183 | Through the eyes and Through the ears The pleasures of today’s Festival suggests the Divine age of five, six, seven. |
#10, S5-480A | ||
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S5-475B 目に耳に 楽しき今日の御祭は 五六七の御代ぞ偲ばれにける In a set of poems contained in the pamphlet Constructing Paradise on Earth, #10, page 4, September 21, 1950.
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