The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased;
as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring.
I alone seem listless and still,
my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence.
I am like an infant which has not yet smiled.
I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to.
The multitude of men all have enough and to spare.
I alone seem to have lost everything.
My mind is that of a stupid man;
I am in a state of chaos.
Ordinary men look bright and intelligent,
while I alone seem to be benighted.
They look full of discrimination,
while I alone am dull and confused.
I seem to be carried about as on the sea,
drifting as if I had nowhere to rest.
All men have their spheres of action,
while I alone seem dull and incapable,
I alone am different from other men,
but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
———
Shot of a beautiful sunrise in Amasya, Turkey…
Lang schon fahr ich auf den Meeren, Wind und Woge weiß wohin, fern von allen meinen Ufern fühl ich das ich traurig bin…
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The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased;
as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring.
I alone seem listless and still,
my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence.
I am like an infant which has not yet smiled.
I look dejected and forlorn, as if I had no home to go to.
The multitude of men all have enough and to spare.
I alone seem to have lost everything.
My mind is that of a stupid man;
I am in a state of chaos.
Ordinary men look bright and intelligent,
while I alone seem to be benighted.
They look full of discrimination,
while I alone am dull and confused.
I seem to be carried about as on the sea,
drifting as if I had nowhere to rest.
All men have their spheres of action,
while I alone seem dull and incapable,
I alone am different from other men,
but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
———
Shot of a beautiful sunrise in Amasya, Turkey…
Lang schon fahr ich auf den Meeren, Wind und Woge weiß wohin, fern von allen meinen Ufern fühl ich das ich traurig bin…
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