"Samurai Song."
When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof.
When I had
No supper my eyes dined.
When I had no eyes I listened.
When I had no ears I thought.
When I had no thought I waited.
When I had no father I made
Care my father.
When I had
No mother I embraced order.
When I had no friend I made
Quiet my friend.
When I had no
Enemy I opposed my body.
When I had no temple I made
My voice my temple.
I have
No priest, my tongue is my choir.
When I have no means fortune
Is my means.
When I have
Nothing, death will be my fortune.
Need is my tactic, detachment
Is my strategy.
When I had
No lover I courted my sleep.