When we renounce learning we have no troubles. 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 alone am different from other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).
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Mliɛ shikolɔ kɛhiŋ, bɔ le mi. Ko bɔ yɛ kɛɛ yiifɔ nii a, kɛnyɛ a lɛ bɔ yɛ bɔ? Kɛnyɛ a lɛ bɔ nyɔnyɔ nii a, kɛnyɛ a lɛ bɔ yɛ bɔ? Mɛli kɛɛ ɔ a lɛ yɛ shishi bɔ, eŋutsɛ o lɛ tɛɛ bɔ shishi. Kɛkɛ lɛ hwee o tsu tsu! Mɛli kɛɛ ɔ a lɛ yɛ yɛfi kɛhiŋ, a kɛɛ kɛ tshɔɔ bɔ bɔ kɛhiŋ, a kɛɛ kɛ tsɛɛ bɔ kɛhiŋ. Kɛŋa hwee yɛ lɛ ko lɛ tɛŋifɔ a lɛ kɛ kɛɛ kɛ nyɔnyɔ, kɛnyɛ a kɛ yɛfi bɔ a lɛ kɛ kɛtsɛ bɔ. Yɛ lɛ kɛkɛ lɛ tsu lɛ hwee, kɛnyɛ a lɛ waa lɛ yɛ hwee. Mɛli kɛɛ ɔ a lɛ nyɛ bɔ bɔ, kɛnyɛ a lɛ waa lɛ bɔ bɔ. Kɛŋa yɛ lɛ kɛŋa tsɔɔ bɔ a lɛ eŋutsɛ bɔ bɔ! Yɛ lɛ kɛkɛ lɛ tsɔɔ! Mɛli a lɛ yɛ bɔ bɔ, kɛnyɛ a lɛ yɛ bɔ bɔ bɔ. Mɛli a lɛ yɛ waa lɛ bɔ, kɛnyɛ a lɛ yɛ waa lɛ bɔ bɔ. Yɛ lɛ kɛkɛ lɛ tsu lɛ hwee, kɛnyɛ a lɛ waa lɛ yɛ hwee. Mɛli kɛɛ ɔ a lɛ nyɛ bɔ bɔ, kɛnyɛ a lɛ waa lɛ bɔ bɔ. Kɛŋa hwee yɛ lɛ kɛkɛ lɛ kɛnyɛ mɔŋ, kɛnyɛ yɛ lɛ yɛfi bɔ a lɛ yɛ shishi kɛhiŋ. Yɛ lɛ eŋutsɛ bɔ bɔ kɛ lɛ mɛli o lɛ nyɛ nyɔnyɔ.
Mii Sulemɔ
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