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(Ichini daiku no) ( ukagai ni),   7-5 waka

(nanika no koto mo) ( makase oku).   7-5

Foremost, the carpenter’s inquiry,

any matter, I will leave (to you).

 

(Fushigina fushin) (o suru naraba),

(ukagai tatete) (iitsuke yo).

Marvelous construction if it is to be done,

inquire wholeheartedly and give instructions.

 

(Mina sekai kara) (dandan to)   7-5 waka

(kitaru daiku ni) (nioi kake).   7-5

All from the world, little by little,

the carpenters that come, place fragrance on them.

 

(Yoki touryou ga) (aru naraba),   5-5 waka

(hayaku komoto e) (yosete oke).   7-5

If there are good master carpenters,

quickly, to the home gather them to place.

 

(Izure touryou) (yonin iru),   5-5 waka

(hayaku ukagai) (tatete miyo).   5-5

In the future, four master carpenters will be needed.

Quickly inquire and wholeheartedly look for them.

 

(Murini koi to wa) (iwan dena),   7-5 waka

(izure dandan) (tsuki kuru de).   7-5

Come unwillingly, I do not say

step by step, eventually they will start to come.

 

(Nanika mezurashi) ( (kono fushin),   7-5 waka

(shikaketa koto nara) (kiri wa nai).   7-5

Something marvelous is this construction.

Once  this is begun, there shall be no end to it.

 

(Yama no naka e to) ( yuku naraba),   7-5 waka

(araki touryou) (tsurete yuke).   5-5

Inside the mountains, if one goes.

Wood master carpenter, take with you.

 

(Kore wa kozaiku) (touryou ya), 7-5

(tatemae touryou) (kore kanna).   7-5

Here are the construction worker master carpenter,

the framing master carpenter and the wood planer

*different types of leader necessary to spread God’s truths

 

(Kono tabi) (ichiretsuni),   5-5 waka

(daiku no nin mo)  (soroikita).

This time, everyone of

the carpenter member have come and assembled.