Ma nash-veh mekhu rim -- tora oigen heh solek mekhu t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh ha-kel rim -- tora pokhaya ha-kel t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh ri ha il tev -- tora mashen t'esh-tor ha eh tev t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh otepul rim -- tora trau'es otepul t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh nuk rim -- tora ken'es nuk t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh kud-tsatik rim -- tora nosh kud-tsatik t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh ak'shem rim -- tora palesh ak'shem t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh bezhun rim -- tora kahat t'igen-wesh bezhun t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh kaluk rim -- tora kash-ral'es kaluk t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh sikrus rim - tora ak'es sikrus t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh dotor rim -- tora "riduvan k'nah" dotor t'sha.
Ma nash-veh te'koshif rim -- tora "ruskarau buk k'isachya-zehl" te'koshif t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh obuk rim -- tora yeht-toran obuk t'sha.
Ma nash-veh dvatai rim -- tora rubilaya na'ek'sitra dvatai t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh it rim -- tora rik'es eh bosh'es it t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh renkup'es rim -- tora datoran kash-to'es renkup'es t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh t'hyle rim -- tora sha'kae t'hy'la t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh nemut rim -- tora tunfam'es nemut t'sha'.
Ma nash-veh fo-wein rim -- tora rom'es eh dor'es fo-wein t'sha.
Ma nash-veh klomak rim -- tora ridvun-yehat-kae klomak t'sha.
Ma nash-veh shek rim -- tora sha'k'torr shek t'sha.
- Rifainu Ahkhsu, teh-r'tas t'dah-keh'rak. Tal svi'Dunap t'Runes.
k'Ralph H. Blum, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1993
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A warrior's 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 lightening 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 designs--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 self my sword.
- Anonymous Samurai, fourteenth century Found in The Book of Runes.
Ralph H. Blum, St. Martin's Press, NY, 1993
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