Water,flowing and
thus causing others to flow.
自ら活動して他を動かしむるは水なり。
Water,ceaselessly finding
its own path to flow.
常に自己の進路を求めて止まらざるは水なり。
Water,becoming increasingly mightier
when encountered with obstacles.
障害に遭いて激しくその勢力を倍加し得るは水なり。
Water,being clean itself and
thus cleansing others, and transforming itself
into vapor,cloud, rain, snow and dewdrops.
自ら潔うして他の汚れを洗い,清濁併せ容れるは水なり。
Water, flowing into the ocean,
boundlessly, or into a brilliant mirror of ice,
without losing its intrinsic quality.
洋々として大洋を満たし、発しては蒸気となり、雲となり、雨となり、雪と変じ、霧と化し、
凝りては玲瓏たる鏡となり、耐乏の性を失わざるは水なり。