Divine Blessings


132	其頃を　顧みすれば恐ろしも　暗路杖なく彷ひし吾
	When I look back At those times, So frightening, Lost was I, without Support on a dark road.	#1, page 30, S6-66C
	S4-61B そのころを　顧みすれば恐ろしも　闇路杖なく彷よへるなり In a set of poems titled “Lord of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, #2, May 21, 1935; S4-183C そのころを　顧みすれば恐ろしも　闇路杖なく彷よへるなり In a set of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #67, 1936, unpublished; S4-341A 其頃を　顧みすれば恐ろしも　闇路杖なく彷ひし吾 . In a set of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #46, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 78A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 78A; Prayers and Poems, page 78A; Book of Gosanka, #21, page 6.

		S4-61B & S4-183C translation Looking back / At those times, / So frightening, / Lost, without support, / On a dark road.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation I look back into my past / And my memories are filled with fear / As I realize what frightful days / mine were. / I was wandering in the darkness, / without a light.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation I look at my past / And my mem’ries are fear-filled / As I recall mine / Were frightful times, I was / In darkness, without a light.
		Prayers and Poems translation I look at my past / And my memories are fear-filled. / As I recall mine were frightful times. / I wandered in darkness, / Without support.
		Book of Gosanka translation I shudder with fright, / When I recall my past life— / How my life has been— / On the ark road I was lost / With no cane t guide me then.

133	断崖の　行手にあるが知られけり　神の光に照らされてより
	On the edge Of a cliff I found Myself standing after Being illuminated In the light of God.	#2, page 30, S6-66D
	S4-61C 断崖の　行手にあるが知られけり　光の主を拝みてより In a set of poems titled “Lord of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, May 21, 1935; S4-183D 断崖の　行手にあるが知られけり　救の光を吾浴みてより In a set of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #68, 1936, unpublished; S4-341B 断崖の　行手にあるが知られけり　神の光に恵まれてより In a set of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #47, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 78B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 78B; Prayers and Poems, page 78B; Book of Gosanka, #27, page 7.

	The precipice Has come into view Up ahead since I was illuminated By God’s light.	May 23.2009 by taki

		S4-61C translation On the edge / Of a cliff I found / Myself standing after / Kneeling before / The Lord of Light.
		S4-183D translation On the edge / Of a cliff I found / Myself standing after / Immersing myself / In the light of salvation.
		S4-341B translation On the edge / Of a cliff I found / Myself standing after / Being blessed / By the light of God.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation When I began seeing everything / In the bright Light of God, / I discovered there was a precipice / before me.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Prayers and Poems translation Once I had begun / Seeing everything clearly / In the Light of God, / I discovered I had been / Approaching a precipice.
		Book of Gosanka translation Since God has bathed me / With rays of His Light divine, / As I walk life’s road, / I know of the precipice, / That I might face on the way.

134	今更に　過ぎにし事を忘れなむ　我愚さの尤にありせば
	Starting now, I will forget what Has happened in the past, That which was caused By my own thoughtlessness.	#3, page 31, S6-67A
	S4-63B 今更に　過ぎにし事も言はざらむ　我愚さの尤とがにありせば In a section of poems titled “Ruler of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, May 21, 1935; S4-185C 今更に　過ぎにし事は言はざらめ　我愚さの尤とがにありせば In a section of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” from Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #76, unpublished manuscript, 1936; S4-343A 今更に　過ぎにし事ども言はざらむ　我愚さの尤にありせば In a section of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #56, July 1, 1948; previous translation in Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 78C; Prayers and Gosanka, page 78C; Prayers and Poems, page 78C; Book of Gosanka, #23, page 6; translations based on text 今更に　過ぎにしことは忘れなむ　わが愚さの咎にしあれば

	Let me forget afresh Things which have now passed. Because What was to blame is Once foolishness of mine.	July.1.2007 by taki

		S4-63B translation Starting now, / I will not speak even of what / Has happened in the past, / That which was caused / By my own thoughtlessness.
		S4-185C translation Starting now, / I will not speak of what / Has happened in the past, / That which was caused / By my own thoughtlessness.
		S4-343B translation Starting now, / I will not speak of all that / Has happened in the past, / Things that were caused / By my own thoughtlessness.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Now that I am fully awakened / To the great Light of God, / I will try to forget the unhappiness / of the past, / For I realize now it was all due / to my own foolishness.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation Now the Light of God / Has awakened me fully, / I’ll try to forget / All my past unhappiness, / Caused by my own foolishness.
		Prayers and Poems translation From now on / I shall forget / All my past unhappiness / For it came / From my own folly.
		Book of Gosanka translation After a long time— / What has happened in the past / Is now forgotten; / For the fault was on myself— / Upon my own foolishness.

135	吹き荒ぶ　世嵐とても忘れける　神の光に包まれてより
	The raging storms and Gales of the world All are forgotten Since being enveloped In the light of God.	#4, page 31, S6-67B
	S4-61D ふきすさぶ　世嵐とても忘れけり　貴美が霊衣の御袖に抱かれ In a set of poems titled “Lord of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, May 21, 1935; S4-184A吹き荒ぶ　世嵐とても忘れける　大悲の光に吾包まれてより In a set of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #69, 1936, unpublished; S4-341C吹き荒ぶ　世嵐とても忘れけり　神の御光に包まれてより In a set of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #48, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 79A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 79A; Prayers and Poems, page 79A; Prayers and Poems, page 79A.

		S4-61D translation The raging storms and / Gales of the world / All are forgotten. I am / Embraced in the sleeves of the / Divine beautiful robe.
		S4-184A translation The raging storms and / Gales of the world / All are forgotten since / Being enveloped in the / Light of great compassion.
		S4-341C translation The raging storms and / Gales of the world / All are forgotten / Since being enveloped / In God’s divine light.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Now that I am enveloped in the / Light of God, / I am not disturbed by the raging / storms / In the outside world.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation Now that I am bathed, / Enveloped in God’s great Light, / I am not disturbed / By all of the mighty storms / That rage in the outside world.
		Prayers and Poems translation Now that I am bathed and enveloped / In God’s great Light, / I am not disturbed / By all of the violent storms / That rage in the outside world.

136	盲ほど　儚きものは世にあらじ　近処の宝知る由もなく
	Nothing is as fleeting As the blind who Do not understand the Treasure they have So close at hand.	#5, page 31, S67B-C [584E]
	S4-61E- [273M] 盲ほど　はかなきものは世にあらじ　近処の宝知らでありけり In a set of poems titled “Lord of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, #6, May 21, 1935; S4-184A-B [308L] 盲ほど　儚きものは世にあらじ　近処の宝知らでありけり In a set of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #70, 1936, unpublished; S4-341D- [352E] 盲ほど　儚きものは世にあらじ　近処の宝知る由よしもなく In a set of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #50, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, #62, pages 30 & 149; Book of Gosanka, #64, page 16.

		S4-61E- & S4-184A-B translation Nothing is as fleeting / As the blind, not / Understanding the / Treasure they have / So close at hand.
		Sounds of the Dawn translation How pitiable / The spiritually blind! / They cannot locate, / They have no way of finding, / The treasures so close to them.
		Book of Gosanka translation There’s not a being / More hopeless and pitiful / In this world of man / Than the blind who e’en knows not / Of the treasure near in place.

137	人事と　思ひし事もいつしかに　我身の上にふりかかる世や
	This is a world Where What we think Are others problems will Befall us one day.	#6, page 31, S6-67C
	S4-62B 人事と思ひしこともいつしから　我身の上にふりかかる世なり In a set of poems titled “Ruler of Light” in World of Divine Light, Issue 3, #7, May 21, 1935; S4-184C 人事と思ひし事も何時かしら　我身の上にふりかかる世なり In a set of poems titled “Light of Salvation (8)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #71, 1936, unpublished; S4-342B 人事と　思ひし事も何時しかに　我身の上にふりかかる世や In a set of poems titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #52, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 79B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 79B; Prayers and Poems, page 79B; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, #57, pages 27 & 145; Book of Gosanka, #89, page 23.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation We may be surprised to find the / fate / That others experienced yesterday / Becoming our own fate today. This / is the way of life.
		Prayers and Gosanka, Prayers and Poems, Sounds of the Dawn translation We may be surprised / To find the fate that others / Met with yesterday / Becoming our fate today, / For this is the way of life.
		Book of Gosanka translation This trouble’s not mine, / It’s another’s misfortune / Often we do think; / Howe’er, unbeknownst to us / Upon us misfortune rains.

138	正神の　鏡によらで如何にして　万の逆事映らざらめや
	Without the mirror Of the true divine beings, How topsy-turvey Does appear everything In this world!	#7, page 31, S6-67D
	S4-62E 観音の　妙智に依らで如何にして　百の逆事解らざらめや In set of poems titled “Ruler of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, #10, May 21, 1935; S4-68C 観音の　妙智に依らで如何にして　百の逆事解らざらめや In a set of poems titled “The Light from the East” in The Light from the East, Issue 6, #5, June 1935; S4-185A 観音の　妙智に依らで如何にして　百の逆事解らざらめや In section titled “Light of Salvation (8)” from Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #74, 1936, unpublished manuscript; S4-342D 正神の　鏡によらで如何にして　万の逆事映らざらめや In section titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #54, July 1, 1948; previous translation, Book of Gosanka, #136, page 34.

		S4-62E, S4-68C, S4-185A translation Without the mystic / Wisdom of Kannon, / How can the topsy-turvey / Nature of this / World be understood?
		Book of Gosanka translation Without reliance / Upon the divine mirror / Of all-righteous God, / How can one see reflection / Of any wrong of Evil?

139	力なく　杖なく灯火有たぬ身の　神に縋らで歩み得べしや
	How can proceed Along the path, the individual Without strength, support, A lamp to light the way, Without depending on God?	#8, page 32, S6-67E
	S4-63C 力なく　杖なく灯火有たぬ身の　黒白もわかぬ暗路ゆかめや In set of poems titled “Ruler of Light” in Crystal World, Issue 3, #14, May 21, 1935; S4-185D 力なく　杖なく灯火有たぬ身の　黒白もわかぬ闇路に救はる In section titled “Light of Salvation (8)” from Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #77, 1936, unpublished manuscript; S4-343B力なく　杖なく灯火有たぬ身の　神の御幸に救はれし今 In section titled “God’s Divine Light” in Gosanka Poems, #57, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 80A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 80A; Prayers and Poems, page 80A; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #187, pages 77 & 233; Book of Gosanka, #83, page 21.

		S4-63C translation How can proceed / Along the dark path / Not marked by light or dark, / The individual with no support, / Without a lamp to light the way?
		S4-185D translation How can be saved the / Individual from the / Dark path not marked by light / Or dark, with no support, without / A lamp to light the way?
		S4-343B translation Now are saved with / The good fortune of / God, those individuals / Without lamps to light the way, / Or support, or strength.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation I have no light, no power, no cane / To lean upon. How can I walk alone, / Unless I rely on God?
		Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation I don’t have a torch, / I have no power, no staff / I can lean upon. / How can I walk the pathway, / Unless I rely on God?
		Prayers and Poems translation I do not have a torch, / I have no strength, / No staff I can lean upon. / How can I walk the pathway, / Unless I rely on God?
		Book of Gosanka translation Without any strength, / Nor a cane to guide one on, / With no light in hand, / How can one walk through one’s life, / Without leaning on Great God?

140	御光を　浴びてゆ懐疑の邪道に　外れし吾はも救はれにける
	Saved have I been From going down The wrong path of doubt, Bathed am I in Divine light.	#9, page 32, S6-68A
	Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 80B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 80B; Prayers and Poems, page 80B; Book of Gosanka, #153, page 39.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Since I was led to the Divine Light / of God, / I, who was wandering the many paths / of doubt, / Have been awakened and led to the / right path of understanding.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation Since I have been led / To the Divine Light of God, / I, who wandered roads / Of doubt, have been awakened, / Led to understanding’s path.
		Prayers and Poems translation Since I have been led / To the Divine Light of God, / I, who wandered roads of doubt, / Have been awakened and led / To understanding’s path.
		Book of Gosanka translation After being cleansed / By bathing in Light of God, / Even I was saved— / I, who strayed from God with doubt, / And walked the path of Evil.

141	我享けし　幸の余りに大きければ　讃へる術のなきぞうたてき
	So great is the Good fortune I Have received, no Way is there to praise, So happy am I.	#10, page 32, S6-68B
	Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 80C; Prayers and Gosanka, page 80C; Prayers and Poems, page 80C; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, #118, pages 52 & 196; Book of Gosanka, #168, page 42.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation The blessings I have experienced are / so great / There are no words with which to / express / My gratitude to God.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation All of the blessings / I’ve received, experienced, / Are so very great / There are no words to express / My deep gratitude to God.
		Prayers and Poems translation All of the happiness / I have received and experienced / Is so very great, / There are no words to express / My deep gratitude to God.
		Book of Gosanka translation Blessings I receive / From Great God are bountiful— / Much too much are they, / That I find no way or means / To express my gratitude.