jimclatfelter | DDJ 25

Alo, Simon. Me es felis ce la congresa ia es gustable an con la clima.
Me sabe alga esperanto. Me ia parteni en la "Esperanto Association" en Los Angeles ante 30 anios. Esperanto ancora no ave tradui de la DDJ. Sola un projeta a esta ves!

Jim

25

Something exists formless and complete
Alga cosa esiste sin forma e completa

Before heaven and earth are born.
Ante sielo e tera ia es naseda.

Silent and empty,
Silente e vacua,

It stands alone and doesn't move.
El sta solitar e no move.

Occurring everywhere and in no danger,
Aveninte a cada loca e en no peril,

It can be taken as the mother of heaven and earth.
On pote considera el la madre de sielo e tera.

I don't know its name.
Me no conose se nom.

Needing to find a word, I call it Dao.
Necesante un parola, me nomi el Dau.

Needing to name a name, I call it great.
Necesante un nom, me nomi el grande.

Great means going on.
Grande sinifia continua.

Going on means going far.
Continua sinifia vade distante.

Going far means returning.
Vade distante sinifia revade.

Therefore, Dao is great.
Donce, Dau es grande.

Heaven is great.
Sielo es grande

Earth is great.
Tera es grande.

People are also great.
Persones es grande ance.

In our world there are four great things,
En nia mundo es cuatro cosas grande,

And people are one of them.
E persones es un de estas.

People heed the ways of earth.
Persones atende la modos de tera.

Earth heeds the ways of heaven.
Tera atende la modos de sielo.

Heaven heeds the ways of Dao.
Sielo atende la modos de Dau.

Dao heeds its own way.
Dau atende se propre modo.