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Need Miyamoto Musashi quote translation.

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Hello ! I'm a martial artist and a big Musashi admirer. I would like this quote from the the Book of Five Rings (Book of Water) translated back to the original version : With water as the basis, the spirit becomes like water. Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.

By the way, although I also admire Bruce Lee, his "Be water" quote was definitely a Musashi rip off... or let's say an homage ?

Anyway, thanks in advance !
 
It is excerpted from the chapter Outline of the Five Books of this Book of Strategy in The Book of Earth, not The Book of Water.

五輪書 地之巻3

Miyamoto Musashi - "Go Rin No Sho" - A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

original classical version
水を本として、心を水になす也。
水ハ、方圓の器にしたがひ、
一てきとなり、さうかいとなる。

Modern kana usage and kanji version
水を本として、心を水になす也。水は、方円の器に随い、一滴となり、滄海となる。
Mizu wo moto to shite, kokoro wo mizu ni nasu nari. Mizu wa, houen no utsuwamono ni shitagai, itteki to nari, soukai to naru.
 
Perfect ! Thank you so much for the thorough reply, and the clarification.
 
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