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This poem is a translation of Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17, written by Lao Tse three thousand years ago. There are 27 known different translations of this, because the meanings from that long ago are very fluid. This version has been used, as far as I know, as inspiration for community workers since the nineteen fifties. We are looking to translate it into as many languages as possible, so if you can translate it into a language not yet indicated on this page, please let us know. Phil
Elo
si aoin awon araiye/eniyon;
Ki esi maa gbe pelu won;
E fi ife han si won;
Ki e si ko eko lara won;
E bere nibi ti won gbe duro;
Ki e si ba won sise;
E se afilaun olun ti awon asiwajie won be.
Lehin abe yori olun gbobo,
Ki gbogbo araye/eniyon fi olurun sokan:
"Hape awa ti see fun ara wa"
Lao Tsu
Other Translations:
Afrikaans
Akan
አማርኛ / ämarəña
Հայերեն / Hayeren
Basa Jawa
Bamanankan
Bicolano
Босански
Chewe
Dansk
Eesti keel
Gĩkũyũ
Guan
Gwich'in
עִבְרִית
Hrvatski
Igbo
Íslenska
Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
lea faka-Tonga
Lingala
Luganda
Luhya
Māori
Maya
Nederlands
नेपाली / Nepālī
Norsk
Qhichwa Simi
ساهو / Saho
Shona
Slovenščina
Suomi
Svenska
தமிழ் / Tamiḻ
ትግርኛ / Tigriññā
Tshiluba
Türkçe
isiXhosa
ייִדיש / Yidish
èdèe Yorùbá
Afrikaans Akan አማርኛ / ämarəña Հայերեն / Hayeren Basa Jawa Bamanankan Bicolano Босански Chewe Dansk Eesti keel Gĩkũyũ Guan Gwich'in עִבְרִית Hrvatski Igbo Íslenska Kinyarwanda Kirundi lea faka-Tonga Lingala Luganda Luhya Māori Maya Nederlands नेपाली / Nepālī Norsk Qhichwa Simi ساهو / Saho Shona Slovenščina Suomi Svenska தமிழ் / Tamiḻ ትግርኛ / Tigriññā Tshiluba Türkçe isiXhosa ייִדיש / Yidish èdèe Yorùbá
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