Poems in Eikô, Issue 215
July 1, 1953

         
  恐ろしき ものは科学の迷信と 覚れよ不幸を生むものなりせば
187  

Realize how
Terrifying is the
Superstition of material
Science. The myth gives
Birth to misfortune.

S6-342A; S5-493D 恐ろしき ものは科学の迷信と 知れよ不幸を生むにありせば Unpublished, 1950.
S5-493D translation
Know how / Terrifying is the / Superstition of material / Science, that it gives / Birth to misfortune.
 
    人間の 悲劇の因を訊ぬれば 科学迷信見出すぞ憂き
188   How lamentable that
When the cause of human
Tragedy is sought,
We discover that it is the
Superstition of material science.
S6-342B; S5-493E 人間の 悲劇の因を探りなば 科学迷信見出すぞ憂き Unpublished, 1950.
S5-493E translation
How lamentable that / When the cause of human / Tragedy is explored, / We discover that it is the / Superstition of material science.
         
   

あな悲し 薬てふ毒身に入れて 尊き命縮める人々

189   How sad those people
Who have put the poison
Called medicine into
Their physical bodies, shortening
Their precious lives.
S6-342C; S5-494A あな憂しも 薬てふ毒身に入れて 尊き命縮めればなり Unpublished, 1950. 
S5-494A translation
How lamentable those / Who have put the poison / Called medicine into their / Physical bodies, which shortens / Their precious lives.