The Dusty World
Translation by Tree Buffalo
One who understands does not speak.
One who speaks does not understand.
Close your openings.
Shut your gates.
Blunt your sharpness.
Unravel your knots.
Soften your glare.
Become one with the dusty world.
Some call this the hidden harmony.
And it is why you cannot obtain love without obtaining hate.
You cannot obtain profit without obtaining loss.
And you cannot obtain honor without obtaining disgrace.
Thus, honor the world by becoming it.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 56 here.
