Gosanka Poems, Revised, “Atami”

　 　 　 　 　
　 冬知らぬ　熱海愛まし一月に　梅咲き二月に桜咲くなり
362 　

How lovely is the
Atami that knows no winter;
Where plum blossoms in
The first month and
Cherry in the second.

 #1, page 81, S6-114D 
S4- 392C 冬知らぬ　熱海愛まし一月に　梅咲き二月に桜咲くなり In a set of poems titled “Atami” in Gosanka Poems, #275, July 1, 1948. 
　 　 　 　 　
　 海山の　景色美はし温泉湧き　熱海は此世の天国なるかも
363 　 Beautiful is the view of
The sea and the mountains,
Flowing do the natural
Springs of warm water, Atami
Indeed is a paradise of this world. 		 #2, page 82, S6-115A
  　
　 　
S4-392D 海山の　景色美はし朝なさ　温泉に浸る熱海好きかな In a set of poems titled “Atami” in Gosanka Poems, #276, July 1, 1948.
  
S4-392D translation
Beautiful is the view of / The sea and the mountains; / Morning after morning / Soaking in the hot springs, / How I do like Atami!
 
　 　 　 　 　
　

静かなる　海に浮かべる初島を　遥かに眺めつ温泉につかれる
364 　 I soak in the
Natural hot springs and
Gaze out upon the isle of
Hatsushima floating far away
In the peaceful sea. 		 #3, page 82, S6-115B
  　
S4-393A 静かなる　海に泛べる初島を　遥かに眺めつ温泉に浸かれる In a set of poems titled “Atami” in Gosanka Poems, #277, July 1, 1948. 
　 　 　 　 　
　

山清く　海静かなる熱海はも　温泉のありて足らぬものなき
365 　 Mountains, unblemished,
Seas, peaceful, with
Natural hot springs,
Atami indeed
Lacks for nothing.		 #4, page 82, S6-115C
  　
S4-393C 山清く　海静かなる熱海わも　温泉のありて足らぬものなき In a set of poems titled “Atami” in Gosanka Poems, #279, July 1, 1948.
   
　

山水の　美は整ひて暖かく　足らぬものなき熱海よきかな
366 　 Warm and complemented
With the beauty of the
Mountains and the sea,
Lacking nothing,
Atami is so pleasant!		 #5, page 82, S6-115D 
   
　

熱海程　美はしき地はあらざらめ　神は前つに備へしなるらめ
367 　 Than Atami, no other
Place must there be
So beautiful!
Indeed has been prepared
For ages this ground. 		 #6, page 82, S6-115E
  　
　

大神は　熱海を選み天国の　型造るべう吾に任しぬ
368 　 Almighty God
Selected Atami and
Assigned me the task of
Constructing a
Prototype of paradise. 		#7, page 83, S6-116A
  　　
Previous translations, Gosanka—Poems of World Messianity, page 25A; Prayers and Gosanka, page 25A; Prayers and Poems, page 25A.
 
Poems of World Messianity translation
God has chosen Atami as the site / For a prototype of paradise on earth, / And has assigned its construction to me.
 
Prayers and Gosanka translation
God chose Atami / As site for a prototype / Paradise on earth, / And He has assigned the work / Of constructing it to me.
 
Prayers and Poems translation
God chose Atami / As the site for a prototype / Of paradise on earth, / And has assigned the work / Of constructing it to me.