Smile benevolently Stalking our paths of sorcery Forever left behind the ordinary A new life to survive, it was absolutely necessary That knowledge is a frightening affair That death is the irreplaceable partner And whatever is touched by death becomes power That knowledge becomes power If death is its central force Death lends the ultimate touch With patience and will We build what it is we want No time for retreat or regret We work for patience and will Everything by becoming nothing Knowing death is stalking Won’t give us time to cling. To anything So we use all of everything With patience and will We build what it is we want No time for retreat or regret We work for patience and will Will is what will make us succeed When our thoughts spell our defeat Will is what makes us invulnerable The true link between man and the world No longer time for regrets Or recriminations Decisions are final Death sits with us Death advises In mysterious ways How to choose And the warrior waits