Tattoo "Pain is temporary." and "Be Water My Friend.

[Bewater]

Hi there,

New here. I'm excited I found this group. A lot to learn.

I found "Pain is temporary glory is forever." type translations.
I'm wondering if omitting the end, using only "pain is temporary"
changes the translation or otherwise.

"Be water my friend" I searched for to no avail. Any help is greatly
Appreciated.

 

[Araneus]

What translations did you find? And what is meant by "Be water"? Like "Let water be my friend"?

 

[AoM]

For the first, something like:

dolor paulisper, gloria/laus in perpetuum (per)manet.

Edit: just the pain would be, dolor paulisper (per)manet.

 

[Bewater]

The translation(s) I found here by searching "pain is temporary."
The results I found had added phrases such as "glory is eternal" etc.

The "Be water my friend" is from this Bruce Lee quote: Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

A full translation would be amazing if anyone feels up to it.

 

[Callaina]

Aqua, amice, esto. = "Be water, my friend."

Assuming the friend is male, or of an unspecified gender.