Unbeaten by the rain, unbeaten by the wind, unbeaten by the snow or the summer heat, with a strong and healthy body, without greed, never angry, always smiling quietly;
雨ニモマケズ 風ニモマケズ 雪ニモ夏ノ暑サニモマケヌ 丈夫ナカラダヲモチ 慾ハナク 決シテ瞋ラズ イツモシヅカニワラッテヰル
eating each day four cups of brown rice, miso, and a few vegetables; in everything, not counting myself, looking and listening well, understanding, and never forgetting;
一日ニ玄米四合ト 味噌ト少シノ野菜ヲタベ アラユルコトヲ ジブンヲカンジョウニ入レズニ ヨクミキキシワカリ ソシテワスレズ
living in a small thatched hut in the shade of the pine wood on the open field;
野原ノ松ノ林ノ蔭ノ 小サナ萓ブキノ小屋ニヰテ
if there is a sick child to the east, going to nurse them; if there is a tired mother to the west, going to carry her bundles of rice; if there is someone dying to the south, going to say, "There is nothing to be afraid of"; if there is a quarrel or a lawsuit to the north, saying, "It is not worth it, so stop";
東ニ病気ノコドモアレバ 行ッテ看病シテヤリ 西ニツカレタ母アレバ 行ッテソノ稲ノ束ヲ負ヒ 南ニ死ニサウナ人アレバ 行ッテコハガラナクテモイヽトイヒ 北ニケンクヮヤソショウガアレバ ツマラナイカラヤメロトイヒ
shedding tears in times of drought, walking about, lost and worried, in a cold summer;
ヒドリノトキハナミダヲナガシ サムサノナツハオロオロアルキ
called a good-for-nothing by everyone, never praised, and never a burden to anyone: that is the kind of person I want to be.
ミンナニデクノボートヨバレ ホメラレモセズ クニモサレズ サウイフモノニ ワタシハナリタイ
