The Way that can be mapped is not the everlasting Way
The Name that can be conferred is not the everlasting Name

Unnamed, it is the origin of Heaven and Earth
Named, it is the Mother of all things

If one's nature is desireless
One may peer into its mystery
But if it's full of want
One may only see manifestation

These two share the same origin
But they emerge to receive different names

To speak of their secrets;
In the deepest of their depths
Is the gate to the mystery in all

道可道，非常道
名可名，非常名

無名，天地之始
有名，萬物之母

故常無欲，以觀其妙
常有欲，以觀其徼

此兩者同出而異名

同謂之玄
玄之又玄
眾妙之門