“Myself”
World of Divine Light, Issue 5, January 25, 1936

　 　 　 　 　
  1 　 過方を　顧みすればいと奇しき　運命の途を吾は来にける
 
 　

Looking back
On days gone past
Such a miraculous
Path of destiny
Have I come!

#1, S4-132C
 
 2 　 山坂も　深谷川も恙なく　越えしは神のみ守りなりける
　 　 Passed have I safely
Without mishap over
Mountain slopes and
Through deep valleys
Only with God’s protection.		 #2, S4-132D
 
 3 　

過し方を　ふりさけみれば何一つ　神の守りによらぬとてなき
　 　 When I look back
On bygone days,
Not one thing is there
That has not depended
On God’s protection.		 #3, S4-133A
  
 
 4 　

君の恩　神の恵みにいと安く　茨の道も超え来つる吾 
　 　 I, Mokichi Okada,
Have come safely and
Soundly through paths of
Thorns with the blessings
Of God, by Your benevolence. 		#4, S4-133B
 
 5 　

眼にみえぬ　神の縁の糸強く　ひかれて真道を我は来にけり
　 　 Come have I
On the true path,
Strongly drawn by
The cords of affinity
With God, invisible to the eye. 		#5, S4-133C 
 
 6 　

外国の　医術に生命縮む人　見る毎吾は安心なし
　 　 Without peace am I
Every time I see a
Person whose life has
Been shortened due to
Treatment with foreign medicine. 		#6, S4-133D
 
 7 　

身も魂も　神に委ねてひたすらに　救世の神業に尽す吾はも 
　 　 I remain focused
On the divine task of
World salvation,
Entrusting body and
Soul to God.  		#7, S4-133E
 
 8 　

観音力の　医しの御術なかりせば　人の此世は滅ぶべかりし
　 　 Without the divine
Treatment of the healing
Of the power of Kannon,
Human beings will
Perish from this world. 		#8, S4-134A 
 
 9 　

釈迦孔子も　耶蘇さへ有たぬいと奇しき　観音力を授かりし吾
　 　 I, Mokichi Okada, have been
Bestowed with the miraculous
Power of Kannon that
Neither Shakyamuni,
Confucius nor even Jesus possessed. 		#9, S4-134B
 
 10 例しなき　観音力を吾揮ひ　生きとし生けるものを救はん
I, Mokichi Okada,
Wield unparalleled
Power of Kannon to
Save all
Sentient beings. 		 #10, S4-134C
 
 11 救世の業　よさし給ひし大神に　反かでおかん男の子吾はも
A man that cannot
Turn his back on
The Almighty who has
Entrusted to me the task
Of world salvation am I. 		 #11, S4-134D
 
 12 世を救ふ　神の器に選まれし　我身の運命つくづく思ふも
Keenly I feel the destiny
Given to me personally,
Selected as a
Vessel of God
To save the world.		 #12, S4-143E
  
Previous translations, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #34, pages 21 & 115; The Light from the East, Volume 1, page 214.
 
　 　
Sounds of the Dawn translation
I have been chosen / By God as His instrument / And as His channel / To save the world. I feel strange / At thought of my destiny.
 
　 　
The Light from the East translation
I have been chosen / An instrument of God / To help the world, / And I often ponder / My destiny.