247 The End of Childhood

The End of Childhood
Make a hanging scroll
軸装いたします

“The End of Childhood”

Stars twinkling in the night sky,
The light from that one there, how old could it be?
A thousand years? Ten thousand? A million?
Even a hundred million years?

The challenge of exploring space has only just begun.
So far, we are no more than dipping our toes,
Frolicking at the water’s edge.
A boundless ocean before us,
But having no way to propel ourselves,
Into its extraordinary vastness.

Space waits for humankind to make that leap.
Awaiting us are civilizations and lifeforms,
Far more advanced and magnificent than we imagine.

How pitiful our existence on this tiny planet that, even now,
Humankind fights again and again.
Wars over land, race, and nationality.
Our spiritual civilization remains childlike.
As the Earth nears the end of its childhood,
It is time to prepare emotionally and spiritually.
The new civilization of space has already begun.

「幼年期の終わり」

夜空に光瞬く星々
一体あの星の光はいつの光なのか
千年前?一万年前?百万年前?
それとも一億年前?

宇宙への挑戦はまだ始まったばかり
人類はまだ宇宙の波打ち際で
水遊びをしているに等しい
広大な大洋を前にして
漕ぎ出す方法も手段も持たない
宇宙は途方もなく広大だ

宇宙は人類が飛び出すのを待っている
そこには人類の予想を遥かに超えた
高度な文明や偉大な生命体が存在する

この小さな惑星で今なお
領土争いや民族闘争を繰り返す人類とは
なんと哀れな存在であろうか
それは精神文明が幼いということ
そろそろ地球の幼年期が終わる
さあ、心の準備をする時だ
宇宙新文明はすでに始まっている