Laundry day
(or how doing the laundry is not just washing and hanging clothes : How to fold a hakama.)
One for the main value, loyalty, that it is
The one I owe to you, to me till I decease.
0ne for humanity, respect for every life :
"Don't kill" is my duty, even with just a knife.
That leads me to my oath, and to another fold,
Honor and justice both in my heart will I hold.
I pause and lift my head, there Kaoru-dono
Is standing, dressed in red, and to greet her I bow.
I go back to my task : one fold for politeness ;
I do not wear a mask but I could not do less,
This code I must follow. In the future to come,
To ease my heart's sorrow, I'm hoping for wisdom
Which is in the next fold. Then the last one for faith :
My heart shall not grow cold. Just one look at your face
And I know that in these hakamas resides hope :
This folding's meaning is the reason why I cope.
(or how doing the laundry is not just washing and hanging clothes : How to fold a hakama.)
One for the main value, loyalty, that it is
The one I owe to you, to me till I decease.
0ne for humanity, respect for every life :
"Don't kill" is my duty, even with just a knife.
That leads me to my oath, and to another fold,
Honor and justice both in my heart will I hold.
I pause and lift my head, there Kaoru-dono
Is standing, dressed in red, and to greet her I bow.
I go back to my task : one fold for politeness ;
I do not wear a mask but I could not do less,
This code I must follow. In the future to come,
To ease my heart's sorrow, I'm hoping for wisdom
Which is in the next fold. Then the last one for faith :
My heart shall not grow cold. Just one look at your face
And I know that in these hakamas resides hope :
This folding's meaning is the reason why I cope.