You are Rick Perry, former Texas governor (who forgot the name of the Department Of Energy in 2012. Really?) turned archeologist. You've discovered a shrine in north Japan that's estimated to be almost 3.5 thousand years old. The shrine consists of a large tall slab of stone. Atop the stone is a vaguely humanoid statuette. Written in front of it are scratched and eroded, yet still slightly legible, runes. It's a short string, possibly a name? Underneath it is a smaller slab of stone covering an opening in the shrine. In the small hole is a tablet with more runes. Since these were protected in the hole, they're easier to make out. This was thought to be a hymn of sorts. You scrawl both texts down on a pad of paper quickly and slightly messily. Now you are back on the flight home, and are mulling over the texts. Since there have only been 4 other shrines discovered, all with similar texts, there is a basic understanding of the language, though translation will be rough and literal. You have to figure out how to translate these runes...
Hints:
These people wanted everyone to be literate, even the blind