Saturday, March 12, 2011

Line by Line - Verse 25, Line 5

reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)!
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

Ever present and in motion.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~

Circulating and ceaseless
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~

It goes on forever and never stops.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
The image I take from this line is a circle. No sharp edges or corners; just one line ever flowing unto itself.

Does it begin? Does it end? Who could tell!

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