翻刻
ほろび恐（モウ）【黙ヵ】々と善悪にかゝわらざる物は存す
爰に清く爰ニ静かにして神の庭にあそび
只 寂（セキ）只 漠（バク）にして徳の宅を守るといへり今
時の風俗わ君々たりといへ共臣しんたらず父
ちゝたりと雖子こたらす神守らんと欲れ共
民うけかわず仏救はんと擬（ギ）すれ共衆生不
《返り点：レ》信上かみたらず下しもたらずさがなき浮
世ぞ方見（ウタテ）けれ去ば明和の始￣メより天地様々
の妖変を顕し民を喩すといへ共 頑愚（グワング）不
信の人々は色々の浮説（フセツ）のみにて敢而心を
用る者なし或は東天に当てほうき星顕
れ其後北の方に大白星出る事有亦は
明和七寅の夏星月中を貫き又安永八
年亥の秋東南に当て鳴動の声有て十月
二日空 腔朦（クウモウ）として灰降￣ル事雨のごとし
其後開運星金銀星出る抔と云事有
現代語訳
滅び、黙々と善悪にかかわらざるものは存する。
ここに清く、ここに静かにして神の庭に遊び、
ただ寂、ただ漠として徳の宅を守る、と言えり。今
の世の風俗は、君は君たりといえども臣は臣たらず、父は
父たりといえども子は子たらず、神は守らんと欲すれども
民は受け応えず、仏は救わんとなすれども衆生は
信ぜず、上は上たらず、下は下たらず、さがなき浮
き世ぞ、はなはだ嘆かわしきことよ。されば明和の初めより天地に様々
な妖変を顕し、民を諭すといえども、頑愚不
信の人々は色々の浮説のみにて、あえて心を
用いる者なし。あるいは東天に当たって彗星現れ、
その後北の方に大白星出ることあり。また
明和七年（寅年）の夏、星が月の中を貫き、また安永八
年（亥年）の秋、東南に当たって鳴動の声あり、十月
二日、空は朦朦として灰降ること雨のごとし。
その後、開運星・金銀星出るなどということあり。
英語訳
...will perish; and that which remains quietly aloof from both good and evil will endure.
Here in purity, here in stillness, one plays in the garden of the gods;
In mere silence, in mere emptiness, one guards the dwelling of virtue — so it is said. The
customs of the present age are such that, though a lord may act as a lord, his retainers do not act as retainers; though a father
may act as a father, the children do not act as children; though the gods wish to protect,
the people do not respond; though the Buddha intends to save, sentient beings do not
believe. Those above do not fulfill their roles above, those below do not fulfill their roles below — how woeful
and lamentable is this frivolous, corrupt world! And so, from the beginning of the Meiwa era, Heaven and Earth manifested various
strange and ominous changes to admonish the people, yet the stubbornly foolish and
faithless folk paid heed only to various idle rumors and gossip, and there was none who truly took these things to heart. In one instance, a comet appeared in the eastern sky;
thereafter, a great white star appeared in the north. Furthermore,
in the summer of the seventh year of Meiwa (the year of the Tiger), a star passed through the middle of the moon; and again in the autumn of the eighth year of An'ei
(the year of the Boar), there was a rumbling sound in the direction of the southeast, and on the second day of the tenth month,
the sky turned hazy and murky, and ash fell like rain.
After that, there were reports of a "Kaiun-sei" (Fortune Star) and "Kingin-sei" (Gold-and-Silver Star) appearing, and the like.