Miyamoto Musashi - Go Rin No Sho: A Book Of Five Rings (Comparing The Way Of The Carpenter To Strategy) [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

The comparison with carpentry is through the connection with houses. Houses of the nobility, houses of the
warriors, the Four houses, ruin of houses, thriving of houses, the style of the house, the tradition of the house,
and the name of the house. The carpenter uses a master plan of the building, and the Way of strategy is
similar in that there is a plan of campaign. If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The
teacher is a needle, the disciple is as thread. You must practice constantly.
Like the foreman carpenter, the commander must know natural rules, and the rules of the country, and the
rules of houses. This is the Way of the foreman.
The foreman carpenter must know the architectural theory of towers and temples, and the plans of palaces,
and must employ men to raise up houses. The Way of the foreman carpenter is the same as the Way of the
commander of a warrior house.
In the construction of houses, choice of woods is made. Straight unknotted timber of good appearance is used
for the revealed pillars, straight timber with small defects is used for the inner pillars. Timber of the finest
appearance, even if a little weak, is used for the thresholds, lintels, doors, and sliding doors, and so on. Good
strong timber, though it be gnarled and knotted, can always be used discreetly in construction. Timber which
is weak or knotted throughout should be used as scaffolding, and later as firewood.
The foreman carpenter allots his men work according to their ability. Floor layers, makers of sliding doors,
thresholds and lintels, ceilings and so on. Those of poor ability lay the floor joists, and those of lesser ability
carve wedges and do such miscellaneous work. If the foreman knows and deploys his men well the finished
work will be good.
The foreman should take into account the abilities and limitations of his men, circulating among them and
asking nothing unreasonable. He should know their morale and spirit, and encourage them when necessary.
This is the same as the principle of strategy