When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe. (The Tao) produces (all things) and nourishes them; it produces them and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does not boast of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them.
AI tlahcuilli
Canimeh iyequentis tlen amo mopulahua, ¿tlen nochipa ic tlatlalhuilistli? Canimeh motenehua ipan suavilistli, ¿tlen quen quinemi piltzintli? Canimeh tiquilistli tlen amo quipiya tlacotlaliztli, ¿tlen quen quen mohuetztica? Canimeh itlanonantilis tlen tlalticpac, ¿tlen quen quen amo ticchihua? Nopa hueyi tiopaca quimehuelia, ¿tlen quen quen tlatiltequi? Canimeh moyolcamanaliztli tlen itzalan, ¿tlen quen quen amo ticneci? Ahmo ticneci tlen amo ticmati. Nopa tlen quiquixti cihuatl, ahmo quipiya cihuapilli, nopa tlen mohuetztica ipan suavilistli. Nopa tlen tiquinti, nopa tlen titlacamachiltia, nopa tlen ticneci. Nopa tlen iyolo quinequi, nopa tlen amo titlachixtilia. Nopa tlen quiquixti teotlatl tlen amo ticneci. Teotlatl tlen amo ticneci, teotlatl tlen titlachixtilia. Nopa tlen quiquixti atl tlen amo ticneci. Nopa tlen cihuatl tlen amo quinequi. Nopa tlen quiquixti cihuapilli tlen amo ticneci. Nopa tlen teotlatl tlen amo ticneci, nopa tlen tictlanexti ipan nican tlalticpac.
