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	物にのみ　頼りし事の愚かさを　世人悟らむ時ぞ来ぬるも
317	The time has come When the people of the World awake to the Foolishness of depending Only on the material.	#1, page 71, S6-107A
	S4-242C 学のみに　頼りし事のはかなさを　世人悟らん時は来にける In a set of poems titled “Awakening (35)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #330, 1936, unpublished; S4-388A 物にのみ　頼りし事のおろかさを　世人悟らむ時は来にける In a set of poems titled “Awakening” in Gosanka Poems, #255, July 1, 1948; previous translation, Book of Gosanka, page 72, #288; previous translation based on non-Meishu-sama text 物にのみ　頼りし事の愚かさを　世人悟らむ時ぞチカメル

		S4-242C translation The time has come / When the people of the / World must awake to the / Vanity of depending / Only on human learning.
		S4-388A translation The time has come / When the people of the / World must awake to the / Foolishness of depending / Only on the material.
		Book of Gosanka translation Peoples of the world, / Who have relied only on / Material things, / The time has drawn near for them / To see through their foolishness.

	近み来る　正しき御世を知らずして　未だ曲事企む哀れさ
318	Pitiful those who still Plot evil deeds But do not realize the True, righteous world Is approaching.	#2, page 72, S6-107B

	S4-388B 近み来る　正しき御代を知らずして　未だ曲事企む哀れさ In a set of poems titled “Awakening” in Gosanka Poems, July 1, 1948; S4-242D 近み来る　正しき御代を知らずして　曲事未だ企む哀れさ In a set of poems titled “Awakening” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, 1936, unpublished.

		S4-388B & S4-242D translation Pitiful those who still / Plot evil deeds / But do not realize the / True, righteous age / Is approaching.

	物の慾　ほどほどにせよ越え難き　峠来ぬれば如何にとやせむ
319	Keep greed for the Material under control For it will be of no Use while crossing The difficult pass.	#3, page 72, S6-107C

	S4-241A 物の欲　程ほどにせよ越え難き　悩み来ぬれば如何にとやせん In a set of poems titled “Human Fate (34)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #323, 1936, unpublished; S4-386D 物の欲　程ほどにせよ越え難き　悩み来ぬれば如何にとやせむ In a set of poems titled “Selflessness” in Gosanka Poems, #250, July 1, 1948; previous translation, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume II, pages 30 & 150, #63; previous translation based on non-Meishu-sama text 物の欲　ほどほどにせよ越え難き　峠来つれば如何にとやせむ

		Sounds of the Dawn translation Do not have too much / Greed for material things, / For what can you do / With them when the major change, / The great cataclysm, comes?

	儚なきは　明日をも知らぬ運命もつ　人のきりなき慾にこそあれ
320	The emptiness of those persons Who do not even know What their fate will be tomorrow Lies in their Unlimited greed.	#4, page 72, S6-107D

	S4-241E 儚なきは　明日をも知らぬ運命もつ　人の限りなき欲にこそあれ In a set of poems titled “Human Fate (34)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #327, 1936, unpublished; S4-387C 儚なきは　明日をも知らぬ運命もつ　人の限りなき欲にこそあれ In a section titled “Selflessness” in Gosanka Poems, #253, July 1, 1948.

	飢に哭く　民草憐れ長き世を　神忘れにし咎にかあらむ
321	Pitiful are the people Crying in hunger, Probably the fault of, For ages, Forgetting God.	#5, page 72, S6-108A

	S4-394A 飢に哭く　民草憐れ長き世を　誠忘れし咎にかあらむ In a set of poems titled “Spiritual Peaks,” #282, July 1, 1948.

		S4-394A translation Pitiful are the people / Crying in hunger, / Probably the fault of / Forgetting for ages / Love and sincerity.

	大いなる　救の神業に仕へ奉る　人こそ大き心もてかし
322	Those who serve God’s great program of Salvation should Especially be Great of heart.	#6, page 72, S6-108B

	Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 93B; Prayers and Gosanka, page 93B; Prayers and Poems, page 93B; Book of Gosanka, #99, page 25.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation All who are dedicating themselves / To God’s great Cause of saving the world / Surely must have perceptive minds.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation All who dedicate / Themselves to God’s Cause, who serve / Mankind in His name, / Should be individuals / Who are broad-minded, alert.
		Prayers and Poems translation All who dedicate / Themselves to God’s Cause / And give service to humanity / Should be individuals / Who are broad-minded and alert.
		Book of Gosanka translation One who serves God well, / In His great salvation work / For the good of all— / Is one who himself does have / A heart as great as God’s Work.

	いと高き　尊きものは人なりと　思ふ人こそ人たる人なり
323	The human being who Believes the human being To be something noble and Precious is a human being Who is a human being.	#7, page 73, S6-108C

	S6-11A いと高き　尊きものは人なりと　思ふ人こそ人たる人なり In an untitled set of poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 20, #12, page 2, January 25, 1951; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 20C; Prayers and Gosanka, page 20C; Prayers and Poems, page 20C; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #133, pages 58 & 190; Book of Gosanka, #54, page 14; translations based on text いと高き　尊きものは人なりと　思ふ人こそ人たる人なれ

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation One who is aware of man’s divine nature, / Of his great inner quality, / Is able to attain a high spiritual / consciousness.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation One who is aware / That man is really priceless / Is himself true man. / Knowing man’s divine nature, / He becomes still more aware.
		Prayers and Poems translation One who knows / That human life / Is truly priceless / Is a human being / Worthy of the name.
		Book of Gosanka translation Man who thinks of man / As most precious and divine, / Respects man as man; / Such a man who regards man / As man is a man indeed.

	争ひを　恥と思はぬ心もつ　人こそ卑しき人にありける
324	The human being who Thinks nothing of the Shame of fighting Indeed is a crude, Vulgar individual.	#8, page 73; S6-108D

	Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 73A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 73A; Prayers and Poems, page 73A; Book of Gosanka, #305, page 77; translations based on text 争ひを　恥思はぬ心もつ　人こそ卑しき人にありけれ

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Ignoble are the hearts of those / Who feel no shame in quarreling / Or engaging in conflict.
		Prayers and Gosanka & Prayers and Poems translation Ignoble indeed / Are those individuals / To whom there’s no shame / In quarreling with others, / Or engaging in conflict.
		Book of Gosanka translation Those who do not think / That all quarrels and all wars / Are but shameful acts— / Are those without shame in heart, / Vile and beastly in nature.