Kannadon ye ko ni mɔgɔ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛ taa fɛrɛ ye, ni o tɛ kɛ o tɛra. Taa fɛrɛ ye sira ye ka dugukolo fɛrɛ. Ka dugukolo fɛrɛ, o ye kankɛli fɛrɛ ye. Kankɛli fɛrɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛ. Sankɛrɛ ka taa ye fɛ ye. Sankɛrɛ ye janya duminɛ ye.
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Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 59, "Dugabalaw ka Janya Kɔrɔ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/dyu/chapters/59/
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Ni ka dugaba la, ni ka janya kɔrɔ, aw ye taa fɛrɛ ye. Ni mɔgɔ ye taa fɛrɛ ye, o ye dugukolo fɛrɛ ye. Ni mɔgɔ ye dugukolo fɛrɛ ye, o bɛɛ ye kankɛli kɛ ye. Kankɛli bɛɛ bɛ kɛ, o bɛɛ ye kankɛli fɛ ye. Kankɛli fɛ ye bɛɛ bɛ kɛ lenfɔ, lenfɔ bɛɛ bɛ kɛ lajɛ. O lajɛ ye dugukolo kankɛrɛ ye, dugukolo kankɛrɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛ bɛ. O ye sankɛrɛ kankɛrɛ ye, o ye janya duminɛ ye, o ye ka tɛmɛsiraw fɛ ye.
Tanya Kankamuso
A sa dan ye?
Kannadon ye ko ni mɔgɔ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛ taa fɛrɛ ye, ni o tɛ kɛ o tɛra. Taa fɛrɛ ye sira ye ka dugukolo fɛrɛ. Ka dugukolo fɛrɛ, o ye kankɛli fɛrɛ ye. Kankɛli fɛrɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛ. Sankɛrɛ ka taa ye fɛ ye. Sankɛrɛ ye janya duminɛ ye.
O bɛɛ minɛ n'ye?
Aw ye ko bɛna yɛrɛ fɛrɛ kɛ. Aw bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ ka hakɛli fɛrɛ, ka sira kankɛrɛ kɛ, ka kankɛli kɛ. O bɛɛ bɛɛ ye dugukolo ye.
A ka kɛrɛ dòn?
Ɛni bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛ taa fɛrɛ. Taa fɛrɛ ye hakɛli ye. Aw bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛɛ fɛ ye.
For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state). He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long.
Sira fɔrɔ
Ni ka dugaba la, ni ka janya kɔrɔ, aw ye taa fɛrɛ ye. Ni mɔgɔ ye taa fɛrɛ ye, o ye dugukolo fɛrɛ ye. Ni mɔgɔ ye dugukolo fɛrɛ ye, o bɛɛ ye kankɛli kɛ ye. Kankɛli bɛɛ bɛ kɛ, o bɛɛ ye kankɛli fɛ ye. Kankɛli fɛ ye bɛɛ bɛ kɛ lenfɔ, lenfɔ bɛɛ bɛ kɛ lajɛ. O lajɛ ye dugukolo kankɛrɛ ye, dugukolo kankɛrɛ bɛɛ bɛɛ kɛ bɛ. O ye sankɛrɛ kankɛrɛ ye, o ye janya duminɛ ye, o ye ka tɛmɛsiraw fɛ ye.