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TAO TE CHING / DAO DE JING
29.
TAGALOG
Sa wari mo ba’y maaari mong sakupin ang sansinukob at isaayos ito?
Paniwala kong hindi ito maaari.
Banal na kasangkapan ang buong daigdig.
Hindi mo mapapahusay ito, hindi masusunggaban.
Kung subukan mong baguhin ito, masisira lamang ito.
Kung subukan mong pangasiwaan ito, magpupumiglas ito,
Kaya hindi kumikilos ang pantas.
Kaya nga, minsan, ang mga bagay ay nauuna at minsan nahuhuli,
Minsan ang huminga’y mahirap, minsan madali;
Minsan masigla at minsan mahina;
Ang mga bagay ay masiglang lumalago o naglalaho.
Dahil dito iniiwasan ng pantas ang pagmamalabis, makakasukdulan, at pagkawalang-bahala.
NEDERLANDS
Wanneer men het rijk wil bemachtigen
en naar de hand wil zetten,
zal het niet gelukken.
Het rijk is een geestelijk iets,
dat je niet naar de hand kunt zetten.
Wie er aankomt, schaadt het;
wie het vasthoudt, verliest het.
Van alle wezens op aarde gaan sommige voor,
andere achter;
sommige hebben een hete adem, andere koud;
sommige zijn sterk, andere zwak;
sommige breken, andere vallen.
Daarom ontdoet de wijze zich van uitersten,
van het buitensporige en het overdrevene.
ENGLISH
If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed. The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it.
The course and nature of things is such that What was in front is now behind; What warmed anon we freezing find. Strength is of weakness oft the spoil; The store in ruins mocks our toil.
Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence.
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