New Year’s Poems
Hikari, Issue 43
January 1, 1950

　 　 　 　 　
　 　

新玉の　年を迎 へて祝がむ　神の仕組の開くきざしに
a 　 Upon greeting the
Shining new year,
We celebrate with the
Harbingers of
God’s plan unfolding.		 S5-137C, page 4; S5-125A 新玉の　年を迎へて祝がむ　神の仕組の開くきざしに In a set of poems titled “Poems for the New Year” in Hikari, Issue 43, January 1, 1950.
Alternate translation
Coming / To a new year / Are the signs of / The beginning of the / Blessed God’s plan.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　

いと深き　神の 仕組は今年より　いちぢるしけれ心せよみな
b 　 Be prepared for
God’s profound plan
Will become
Quite remarkable
This year.  		S5-138D, page 5; S5-125B いと深き　神の仕組は今年より　いちぢるしけれ心せよみな In a set of poems titled “New Year Poems” in Eikô, Issue 43, January 1, 1950.
　 　 　 　 　
 
　 　

待ちわびし　今 年のよき日は来りけり　いざ腹帯を固く締めなむ
c 　 Finally has come
This auspicious day
Long awaited for.
I steel myself
For the work ahead. 		S5-138C, page 5; S5-125C 待ちわびし　今年のよき日は来りけり　いざ腹帯を固く締めなむ In a set of poems titled “New Year Poems” in Eikô, Issue 43, January 1, 1950.
 
   
　 　 今 年はも　ただならぬ世となりぬらむ　ただありやかに言えぬが悲し
d 　

How sad I feel that
I cannot say
This year that
Something will happen,
That it will be extraordinary. 

 S5-137A, page 4; S5-126A 今年はも　ただならぬ世となりぬらむ　ただありやかに言えぬが悲し In a set of poems titled “New Year Poems” in Eikô, Issue 43, January 1, 1950. 
 
  
　 　

行詰り　ゆきも 戻りもならぬ世は　終末の世のしるしなるらん
e 　 A world full of
Impasses and no return
Is a sign of
The end
Of the world. 		S5-137E, page 4; S5-126B 行詰り　ゆきも戻りもならぬ世は　終末の世のしるしなるらん In a set of poems titled “New Year Poems” in Eikô, Issue 43, January 1, 1950; previous translation, Sounds of the Dawn, Volume I, pages 46 & 168, #104.
Coming to a dead end
the world of our times can find nowhere
to move on or turn back;
this will be and must be a sign that
Indicates the great world-catastrophe.
 Jan. 19 2007 by taki
Sounds of the Dawn translation
The world we now know / Cannot solve its present state, / Its predicament. / Is this fact not proof enough / That the world’s end is at hand?