265-274


265	日々なめて　安けかりける吾なりき　世を吹き荒ぶ嵐の外に居て
	Day after day, Calmly do I live Outside the storms that Blow strongly and Ravage society.	#1, S4-390B

266	咲き盛る　桜の下に思うかな　此国の民何処に行くや
	Under the fleetingly Flowering cherry blossoms, I ponder: In what direction are moving The people of this country?	#2, S4-390C

267	地の底に　喘ぎ苦しむ小羊を　救わむとして我は起つなり
	I have begun the Task of saving The lambs Suffering on the lowest Levels of the earth.	#3, S4-390D
	S6-99C 地の底に　喘ぎ苦しむ小羊を　救はむとして吾は立つなり In a set of poems titled “Salvation” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #284, page 64, May 28, 1951.

268	大神の　重き任さしは畏くも　賤のわが身に負わせ玉えり
	The heavy responsibility Almighty God has assigned To me, what I have been given to Bear, is most awesome, Feeble though my body be.	#4, S4-391A

269	奴羽玉の　暗の夜路に行き迷う　世人救わむわが神業かな
	My divine task It is to save The peoples of the world Who have lost their way On the pitch dark night road.	#5, S4-391B

	S4-420A 奴羽玉の　闇の色濃き世なりとも　晴らさでおかむ神の光に In an untitled set of poems in Chijôtengoku, Issue 4, #1, page 1, May 25, 1949; S5-101D 奴羽玉の　闇の色濃き世なりとも　晴さでおかむ神の光に In a set of poems dated May 1949 and titled “Light of Salvation” in Collection of Akemaro’s Recent Compositions, #426, page 77, November 30, 1949; S6-94A 奴羽玉の　闇の夜路にゆきまどふ世人誘はむ光の道へ In a set of poems titled “The Way of Light” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #257, page 58, May 28, 1951.

		S6-94A translation Invited are the peoples / Of the world who have / Lost their way on the pitch / Dark night road are / Invited to the path of light.
		S4-420 & S5-101D translation Through God’s light / Certainly will be cleared / Even the most / Thickly colored / Darkness of the world.

270	村肝の　吾が心に鞭うちて　力限りに此世救わむ
	Encouraged and Spurred to the core Am I to save To the utmost of my strength This world.	#6, S4-391C

271	人の世に　例しとてなき大いなる　力を神は我に賜ひぬ
	God has bestowed Upon me Great strength that is Unparalleled in The human world.	#7, S4-391D

	S6-127C 人の世に　例しとてなき大いなる　力を神は吾に給ひぬ In a set of poems titled “Myself” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #421, page 94, May 28, 1951.

272	真善美　全き御代を造らむと　力限り励しむ吾かな
	It is I, Mokichi Okada, who Is working to the Utmost of my power To construct an age of Truth, virtue, beauty.	#8, S4-391E

	S6-101C 地上天国　造らむとして吾は今　力限りに励しみにける In a set of poems titled “Paradise on Earth” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #292, page 66, May 28, 1951; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 27A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 27A; Prayers and Poems, page 27A; Book of Gosanka, #45, page 12.

		S6-101C translation Working am I / To the utmost / Of my power / To construct / Paradise on earth.
		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation I am doing my very best for the purpose / Of helping to fulfill God’s great Plan, / The establishment of paradise on earth.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation I’m doing my best / In order to help fulfill / God’s marvelous Plan, / The establishment on earth / Of a true, real paradise.
		Prayers and Poems translation I am doing my utmost / In order to help fulfill / God’s marvelous Plan, / The establishment on earth / Of a paradise.
		Book of Gosanka translation To build on this Earth / A Heaven-like paradise, / I am at this time, / Working as hard as I can / With all the strength that I have.

273	奇びなる　わが神業は古えゆ　文にも見えず言伝にもなき
	How mysterious My divine task Not mentioned in Ancient texts nor In legends handed down.	#9, S4-392A

	S6-57A 奇びなる　此神業に比ぶもの　ひろき現世にあらじとぞ思ふ In a set of poems titled “Works of God” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #89, page 21, May 8, 1951.

		S6-57A translation How mysterious / This divine task that / Can be compared to / Nothing else in this / Wide present world.

274	大いなる　望みに生くる吾にして　小さき事にも心配るなり
	As one who lives with Great hopes and plans, I also concern Myself with the Smallest details.	#8, S4-391E

	S6-127D 大いなる　望みに生くる吾にして　小さき事にも心配るなり In a set of poems titled “Myself” in Gosanka Poems, Revised, #422, page 95, May 28, 1951; previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 77C; Prayers and Gosanka, page 77C; Prayers and Poems, page 77C; Book of Gosanka, #37, page 10.

		Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity translation I have a great goal to work toward, / But even so, I am careful that / I do not neglect the small things / in my life.
		Prayers and Gosanka translation I have a great goal / To work toward. Even so, / I’m very careful / Never to neglect, ignore / The little things in my life.
		Prayers and Poems translation I have a great goal / To work toward. Even so, / I am very careful / Never to neglect or ignore / The little things in my life.
		Book of Gosanka translation I live with great hope— / Hoping for great things for all— / This concerns me much; / Yet, the smaller things of life— / These, too, each day worry me.