Gosho 四菩薩造立抄 Making the Four Leaders of the Bodhisattvas who Well from the Ground

四菩薩造立(ぞうりゅう)抄

Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion

Establishing the Four Leaders of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth as the Object of Worship

Making the Four Leaders of the Bodhisattvas who Well from the Ground as the Object of Worship

　　　　

弘安二年五月十七日　五十八歳御作　　　

　　　　May17, 1279（Age: 58）

白小袖(こそで)一、薄墨(うすずみ)染(そめ)衣(ころも)一、同色の袈裟(けさ)一帖(いちじょう)、鵞目(がもく)一貫(かん)文(もん)給(た)び候。

I have received one white quilted robe, one gray priest's robe, one surplice of the same color, and one thousand coins.

I have received white wadded silk garment one, thin gray-dyed robe one, the shoulder robe of the same color, and one thousand coins.

今に始めざる御志、言(ことば)を以て宣(の)べがたし。

I have no words to adequately express my gratitude for your long-standing devotion.

I cannot find the appropriate words for expressing your long-standing devotion adequately.

何(いず)れの日を期してか対面を遂(と)げ心中の朦朧(もうろう)を申し披(ひらかば)や。

I look forward to the day when we can meet and I can say all that is in my heart.

I would like to see you some day and tell about pent-up discontent of my double suicide.

つづく Continued

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