The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.
AI magana
Nzǝ kanda nda nzǝngǝ, nzǝ kanda nda gude nzǝngǝ. Hǝrmǝ kanda nda nzǝngǝ, hǝrmǝ kanda nda gude nzǝngǝ. Gude nzǝm nda nzala ngwǝ, hǝrmǝ nzǝm nda nzala guje gǝnaa. Nǝ nzǝkwa ngwǝ, kǝkǝ gude nzala ngwǝ nǝyina; nǝ nzǝkwa hǝrmǝ, kǝkǝ gude nzala guje nǝyina. Nǝru ndaka kǝkǝ gude nzala nda gude nzala ngwǝ ka nzǝm kanda nda nzǝngǝ. Nzǝngǝ kanda nzǝngǝ, kure nzala ngwǝ nda nzala guje.
