道德经英文版(圣德第三十二)
~{ 道常无名朴。虽小,天下莫能臣。侯王若能守之,万物将自宾。~}
~{ 天地相合,以降甘露,民莫之令而自均。~}
~{ 始制有名,名亦既有,夫亦将知止,知止可以不殆。~}
~{ 譬道之在天下,犹川谷之于江海。~}
32. Shapes
Flow has no true shape,
And therefore none can control it.
If a ruler could control flow
All things would follow
In harmony with his desire,
And sweet rain would fall,
Effortlessly slaking every thirst.
Flow is shaped by use,
But then the shape is lost.
Do not hold fast to shapes
But let sensation course into the world
As a river runs down to the sea.