Chapter 53
Di Wie Weh A Di Bes Ya
Original
大道甚夷，而民好径。朝甚除，田甚芜，仓甚虚，服文彩，带利剑，厌饮食，财货有余，是谓盗夸。非道也哉！
Translieshan
Di biggat wie iivn an smoos, bot iivn so iivn, iivn so, people still go roun a chu dat pot dargun path dey.
Di puol iivn get ruut out, di farm dem iivn get al ruut op, di granary dem iivn stan empty, yet dem still priti op ina fine silk, an mek suum proud wid dem sharp sword pon dem side, an evn a tie pan dem belly pan di bes food but still no waak, an dem pile op riichiz an goodi op pan goodi.
Wen iivn so, wi kaal it "robba wey dem proud bout" — nuh way! Dat kyan neva be di wie, bot iivn so iivn so dem hawl an fiem.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Dis shapter se say di big wie weh lef op pan di Tao — iivn weh iivn smoos an iivn so — people stil chu op di pot-path way weh get dem lost. Di richina op an di poorina out, di corrupt puol while di field dem ruun op, yet di rula dem priti op while di granary dem empty. A wah di proper wie? Waak pan di smoos wie, sey di ooman weh know iivn likkle, weh respek di path.
How it relate to me?
Mi see miself inna dis — som taim mi taak di shuhtcut wen mi shud a waak di smoos wie. Mi getti distracted pan di shineh shiny tings weh people heap op, fiem about dem bigga way dem a fiit pan. Bot iivn so, mi feel di pull op di truu wie insaid miself, di one weh no mek noise bot still steady.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Tudeh, waak di smoos wie. Wen temptation kom, a jus ridonk an se, "Wa kinda wie dis?" An mek a chu op di big wie insted — evn jus fi wan step.
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Mi Reflection
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