Poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 12
January 20, 1950

　 　 　 　 　
　 　 待 ち望む　五六七の御代は整ひて　清き地の上に建てなむとすも
47 　

The long-awaited age of
Five, six, seven, the world of
Miroku will be completed,
Constructed on
Earth that is unblemished.

 #1, page 1, S5-126C 
 
　 　
S5-137D 待ち望む　五六七の御代は整ひて　清き地の上に建てなんとすも In a set of poems dated December 21, 1949 and titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, #4, page 4, February 20, 1950.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　 長 き代を　積りつもりし塵芥　浄めて生るる地上天国
48 　 The filth and dust
That has gathered in the
World for ages
Will be purified and be
Born paradise on earth. 		 #2, page 1, S5-127A
 
S6-97C 長き世を　積りつもりし塵芥　浄めて生れむ地上天国  In a set of poems titled “End of the World” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, May 28, 1951, page 62, #275; S5-138A 長き代を　積りつもりし塵芥　浄めて生るる地上天国 In a set of poems dated December 21, 1949 and titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, February 20, 1950, page 4; previous S5-127A & S5-138A translation in Light from the East, Volume 1, page 176.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　 LEII translation
All the dust and dirt / That have been piling up / Since ages past / Will be cleansed with the birth / Of paradise on earth.
 
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

言の葉も　筆に もなどか尽すべき　此現世の終りの状はも
49 　 I use speech and pen
Working hard to explain
The condition
Of the end of
This present world.		 #3, page 1, S5-127B 
 
S5-138B 言の葉も　筆にもなどか尽すべき　此現世の終りの状はも In a set of poems dated December 21, 1949 and titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, #7, page 5, February 20, 1950,.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

現世に　例しと てなき大いなる　移り変りの日にせまり来も
50 　 Coming soon
Are the days
Of great change,
Unprecedented
In our physical world. 		#4, page 1, S5-127C
S5-137B 現世に　例しとてなき大いなる　移り変りの日にせまり来も In a set of poems dated December 21, 1949, and titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, #2, page 4, February 20, 1950; previous translation, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, #95, ages 42 & 161.
　 　 Sounds of the Dawn translation
The time is closer, / Closer each day, for the change / So monumental / Man has never before this / Experienced its equal.
 
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

如何ならむ　事 起らむか大神の　珍の仕組のいと深ければ
51 　 No matter
What happens
The scope of the
Noble plan of God is
Indeed profound. 		#5, page 1, S5-127D
S5-138E 如何ならむ　事起らむか大神の　珍の仕組のいと深ければ In a set of poems dated December 21, 1949 and titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, #10, page 5, February 20, 1950.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

ただ神に　うち 委すより詮なけれ　力とてなき人の身魂は
52 　 Only on God can
We depend. We
Have nothing else
To trust. We have
No power on our own. 		#6, page 1, S5-127E 
S5-139B ただ神に　うち委すより詮なけれ　力とてなき人の身魂は In a set of poems titled “The Great Purification” in Chijôtengoku, Issue 13, p. 1, #12, February 20, 1950; S6-81D 只神に　うち委すより詮なけれ　力とてなき人の身なれば In a set of poems titled “Judgment” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, page 46, #202, May 28, 1951.