Discard all that has been learned, and be free of grief;

Assent or pandering,
Is the difference not minimal?

Good or evil
Are these not the exact same?

Humanity is that which fears
It cannot be made fearless;
But the wilderness has not yet been stamped out!

The masses are bright and beautiful,
As if devouring a sacrificial feast,
As if mounting a flower in spring

I alone am still! I betray no portent!
Like an infant who has not yet smiled!
Dejected and forlorn!
As if I had no home to return to!

The masses are in tandem,
And I alone am misplaced!
My human heart is a foolish thing;
Ignorant and chaotic!

The commonfolk are radiant,
I alone am dark as dusk,
The commonfolk are unburdened,
I alone am despondent,
Calm like the tides!
Adrift without cease!

The masses all have their use,
I alone cannot be tamed, as if savage
I alone am different from others,
For I take nourishment from the Mother

絕學無憂

唯之與阿
相去幾何

善之與惡
相去若何

人之所畏
不可不畏
荒兮其未央哉

眾人熙熙
如享太牢
如春登臺

我獨泊兮其未兆
如嬰兒之未孩
儽儽兮
若無所歸

眾人皆有餘
而我獨若遺
我愚人之心也哉
沌沌兮

俗人昭昭
我獨昏昏
俗人察察
我獨悶悶
澹兮其若海
飂兮若無止

眾人皆有以
我獨頑似鄙
我獨異於人
而貴食母