Joy of Life - Warrior Creed | Текст песни

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• Joy of Life
• Warrior Creed

I have no parents:
I make the heavens and Earth my parents.

I have no home:
I make awareness my home.

I have no life or death:
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.

I have no divine power:
I make honesty my divine power.

I have no means:
I make understanding my means.

I have no magic secrets:
I make character my magic secret.

I have no body:
I make endurance my body.

I have no eyes:
I make the flash of lightning my eyes.

I have no ears:
I make sensibility my ears.

I have no limbs:
I make promptness my limbs.

I have no strategy:
I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.

I have no design:
I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.

I have no miracles:
I make right action my miracles.

I have no principles:
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.

I have no tactics:
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.

I have no talents:
I make ready wit my talent.

I have no friends:
I make my mind my friend.

I have no enemy:
I make carelessness my enemy.

I have no armor:
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.

I have no castle:
I make immovable mind my castle.

I have no sword:
I make absence of mind my sword.

--Anonymous Samurai; 14th century