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あめつちの 神にぞいのる 朝なぎの 海のごとくに 波たたぬ世を
もう悲しませるのも、悲しむのもいやだね!
"I pray to God creator of the universe for a peaceful world - a world like the calm morning sea"
We never, ever want to make others feel sorrow, nor feel sorrow!
The title is Hirohito's waka-style poem in 1933 Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading.
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