Gegi no sugata wa hito gotoni Genzen shojin genze shimu Tonjin jagi oki yue Kansa momohashi mi ni mite ri
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Text Authorship:
- by Shinran (1173 - 1263) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, subtitle: "Shozomatsu Wasan 95", appears in Shozomatsu Wasan – Hymns of the Dharma ages, in Lament, no. 2 ; composed by Richard Collins St. Clair.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 21
Each of us shows an outward appearance Of being wise, good, and diligent, Possessing so much greed, anger, and wrong views, We are filled with all kinds of deceit.
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Confirmed with Yoshifumi Ueda (Editor), Hymns of the Dharma-Ages : A Translation of Shinran's Shozomatsu wasan, Kyoto : Shin Buddhism Translation Series/Hongwanji International Center
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title, subtitle: "Shozomatsu Wasan 95", appears in Shozomatsu Wasan – Hymns of the Dharma ages, in Lament, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Shinran (1173 - 1263)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Collins St. Clair (b. 1946), no title, 1998 [ soprano, tenor, and string quartet ], from The Lamentations of Shinran, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 29