“Way of Kannon”
The Light from the East,
Issue 10, April 11, 1936
忠幸[孝]の 道よそにして日の本の 道はあらじな心せよかし | ||||
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Keep in mind there is no path |
#1, S4-138B | ||
S4-209B 忠孝の 道よそにして日の本の 道はあらじな心せよかし In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society,
#186, 1936, unpublished; S4-364B 道の為 世の為人の為のみを 非時おもふ真人となれかし is given as
a variant of S4-138B, but this poem has its own list of 5 duplicates
and variants; S4-131C 忠孝の 道よそにして日の本の 道はあらじな心せよかし In a set of poems
titled “Way of Kannon” in World of Divine Light, Issue 5, #14, January 25, 1936.
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2 | 忠孝の 道履みゆけば何時かしら 観音行の門に入るなり | |||
Once the path of loyalty To the nation and filial Piety is tread, in no time At all is entered he gate Of the Way of Kannon. |
#2, S4-139A | |||
S4-209C 忠孝の 道踏みゆけば何時かしら 観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #187, 1936, unpublished; S4-363E 只管に 誠の道を履みゆけば 観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #148, July 1, 1948; S4-131D 忠孝の 道踏みゆけば何時かしら 観音行の門に入るなり In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in World of Divine Light, Issue 5, #15, January 25, 1936.
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S4-363E translation Once is tread the path / Of love and sincerity, / In no time at all / Is entered he gate / Of the Way of Kannon. |
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床しけれ 我身の事を後にして 他人の良よかれと希ふ心の |
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Oh humility, You are that which Puts yourself behind And thinks only of The happiness of others. |
#3, S4-139B | |||
S4-131E 床しけれ 我身の事を後にして 他人の良よかれと願ふ心の In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in Crystal World, Issue 5, January 25, 1936; S6-51C 床しけれ 我身の事をあとにして 人のよかれと願ふ心の In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #64, page 15, May 28, 1951; S4-209D 床しけれ 我身の事を後にして 他人の良よかれと希ふ心の In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #188, 1936, unpublished; S4-364A 床しけれ 吾身の事を後にして 他人の良よかれと希ふ心の In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #149, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 41A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 41A; Prayers and Poems, page 41A; Book of Gosanka, #146, page 37; Meishu and His Teachings, page 47.
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Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation How beautiful is the heart of / The one who puts the welfare / Of others before his own. | ||||
Prayers and Gosanka translation How big, beautiful / Is the heart of the person / Who puts first of all / The welfare of other men— / Yes, even before his own. | ||||
Prayers and Poems translation How big and beautiful / Are the hearts of those / Who put first / The welfare of others— / Yes, even before their own. | ||||
Book of Gosanka translation Gracious and noble— / And beautiful is the heart / Of one who does pray / For another’s well-being, / Leaving himself to the last. | ||||
Meishu and His Teachings translation Gracious is the one— / Who abandons thought of self, / Putting himself last; / Whose heart abounds with the hope / Of another’s well-being. | ||||
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国の為 世の為人の為のみを ときじく思ふ真人尊き |
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Precious indeed Are those who invariably Only think of the nation, Of the world Only think of others. |
#4, S4-139C | |||
S4-131A 国の為 世の為人の為のみを ときじく思ふ真人尊き In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon” in Crystal World, Issue 5, January 25, 1936; S6-50C 道の為 世の為人の為のみを 非時思ふ人ぞ尊き In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, May 28, 1951, #60, page 14, May 28, 1951; S4-208E 国の為 世の為人の為のみを ときじく思ふ真人尊き In a set of poems titled “Way of Kannon (17)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #184, 1936, unpublished; S4-364B 道の為 世の為人の為のみを 非時おもふ真人となれかし In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live” in Gosanka Poems, #150, July 1, 1948; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 52A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 52A; Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 72 & 222, #173; Prayers and Poems, page 52A; Book of Gosanka, #217, page 55; Meishu and His Teachings, page 69.
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S4-364B & S6-50C translation Precious indeed / Are those who invariably / Only think of the path, / Of the world / Only think of others. |
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S4-364B translation Become a person / Who invariably only / Thinks of the path, / Of the world / Only think of others. |
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Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation Priceless are those who work for / a divine cause, / Who think of, pray for / Society and all of humanity constantly. | ||||
Prayers and Gosanka & Sounds of the Dawn translation Priceless are the ones / Who work for a divine cause, / Constantly think of / And pray for all of the world, / For all of humanity. | ||||
Prayers and Poems translation Priceless are the ones / Who work for a divine cause, / Who constantly think of / And pray for all of the world, / For all of humanity. | ||||
Book of Gosanka translation Divine is the man, / Whose thoughts are forever turned / To others, not self; / First to God to serve Him well, / Then to fellow man and world. | ||||
Meishu and His Teachings translation Noble is the man— / Whose thoughts are forever turned / To good he could do; / First to God his duty does, / Then to all his fellow men. | ||||
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救世の為 菩薩とならせ給ひしは 大慈大悲に在せばなりける |
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For the sake of World salvation was Manifested as Boddhisattva in great Compassion and in great mercy. |
#5, S4-139D | |||
S4-364C 救世の為 菩薩とならせ給ひしは 大慈大悲に在せばなりける In a set of poems titled “The Way We Should Live,” in Gosanka Poems, #151, July 1, 1948; S4-210A 救世の為 菩薩とならせ給ひしは 大慈大悲に在せばなりける In a set of poems titled “Way of the Boddhisattva (18)” in Gosanka Poems for the Kannon Society, #189, 1936, unpublished.
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