Steel on the wind, lotus in flame—
Bushido whispers the name I became.
Honor my shadow, death my bride,
I walk the night with the sun inside.
One breath, one cut, the cherry snow falls;
my silence answers, my heartbeat calls.
Where cherry ends, the steel begins—
a warrior’s road is painted in sins.
Roe’s thunder drums, Uyanga cries sky;
I die each dawn so my soul won’t lie.