Though a thousand people
may submit to him,
only he who submits to himself
is the true warrior.
By violence do you subjugate,
only to be subjugated by violence;
yet to subjugate the heart,
by peace alone is it stilled.
Anger never makes your love
be known to the beloved,
as much as tears shed,
and grief shared with others.
Yet she who shows her face
without fear, a-trembling,
is bold to look her love
in the eye, to hold his hand,
and to be his beloved.
You who call yourself warrior,
submit to the beloved,
and love all equally as kin,
as the true warrior.
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