jimclatfelter | DDJ 50 & 52

50

Life arises linked to death.
Vive emerji liada a mori.

Life's adherents are three in ten.
Los ce teni a vive es tre de des.

Death's adherents are three in ten.
Los ce teni mori es tre de des.

People whose lives
Los ci ave vives

Are on the way to death's domain
En via a la domina de mori

Are also three in ten.
Ance es tre de des.

Why is this so?
Per ce esta es vera?

Because they live in the thick of life.
Car los vive tro envolveda en vive.

One hears that some are good at managing their lives.
On oia ce alga maneja bon se vives.

They meet no rhinos or tigers in their travels.
Los encontra no rinoseros o tigres cuando se viaja.

They carry no armor or weapons for battle.
Los porta no armur o armas per un batalia.

The rhino's horn finds no place to gore.
La corno de la rinosero trova no loca per penetra.

The tiger's claw finds no place to seize.
La gara de la tigre trova no loca per saisi.

A weapon's blade finds no place to stab.
La lama de un arma trova no loca per colpa.

Why is this so?
Per ce esta es vera?

They have no place for death to enter.
Los ave no loca do mori ta pote entra.

52

The origin of all the world is called the mother.
La orijin de tota la mundo es nomida la madre.

Finding the mother is knowing the children.
Trova la madre es conose la enfantes.

Knowing the children is returning to the mother.
Conose la enfantes es reveni a la madre.

When self ends, so does danger.
Peril fini cuando ego fini.

Block the passages and
Si on tapi la coredores e

Close the doors, and
Clui la portes,

All your life there is no struggle.
Tra tota la vive ave no luta.

Open the passages and,
Si on abri la coredores e

Wrapped up in affairs,
Deveni envolveda  en consernas,

All your life there is no help.
Tra tota la vive ave no aida.

Seeing the ordinary is called clarity.
Vide la comun es nomida claria.

Keeping the pliant is called strength.
Manteni la ajustable es nomida fortia.

In light of this,
Per causa de esta,

One returns to clarity
On reveni a claria

And precludes disaster.
E impedi desastre.

Call this the practice of the constant.
Nomi esta la pratica de la constante.