Poems
in Eikô,
Issue 220
August 5, 1953
人間は 低き文化を作るもの 高き文化は神造るなり | ||||
214 |
Human beings fashion |
S6-349A. | ||
眼に見ゆる 物質に迷ひ眼にみへぬ 魂忘るる人こそ哀れ | ||||
215 | Truly pitiful is the person Captivated by the material which Can be seen with the eyes and Forgets the soul which Cannot be seen with the eyes. |
S6-349B. | ||
魂の 眠れるままに世を渡る 人こそ盲のしるしなりける |
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216 | Those who pass their Lives with their souls Asleep is proof that That they are Indeed blind. |
S6-349B- [SS678F]. | ||
Alternate translation Those whose / Souls sleep / Their entire lives / Is proof that / They are indeed blind. |
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