Yawara Michi - Kiyoshi Hikawa Übersetzung ins Englische

Yawara Michi

角には角の 丸には丸の
器にしたがう 水ごころ
恐れず怯まず 気負わずに
締めた黒帯 粛々と
あぁ 柔道
真理を貫く 背負い投げ

千変万化 あぁ翻る
技にも一分の 隙を観て
当たって砕けて 身を捨てて
天を仰いで 質実と
あぁ 柔道
迷いを断ち切る 巴投げ

命は賭けど 無駄には捨てぬ
試練をくぐって 人となる
嘆かず 崩れず 振り向かず
おとこ花道 堂々と
あぁ 柔道
明日へ怒涛の 山嵐

Gentle Way (Yawara Michi)

To the square, a square's response, to the circle, a circle's grace,
Like water, adapting to the vessel it embraces.
Without fear, without flinching, without strain,
My black belt fastened, resolute, I remain.
Ah, Judo,
Truth I uphold, with a seoi-nage throw, just for you.

A thousand changes, ah, swirling around,
Even in skill, a moment's opening is found.
Striking and shattering, abandoning all I hold dear,
Gazing at the heavens, with sincerity and austere,
Ah, Judo,
Cutting through doubt, a tomoe-nage I bestow.

Life I will wager, but never in vain,
Through trials I've passed, becoming a man, again and again.
Without lament, without crumbling, never looking back,
A man's path of flowers, my steps I track.
Ah, Judo,
Toward tomorrow, a surging yama-arashi, a powerful flow.