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HAVE done with learning,
And you will have no more vexation.
How great is the difference between "eh" and "o"?
What is the
distinction between "good" and "evil"?
Must I fear what others
fear?
What abysmal nonsense this is!
All men are joyous and beaming,
As though feasting upon a
sacrificial ox,
As though mounting the Spring Terrace;
I alone am
placid and give no sign,
Like a babe which has not yet smiled.
I
alone am forlorn as one who has no home to return to.
All men have enough and to spare:
I alone appear to possess
nothing.
What a fool I am!
What a muddled mind I have!
All men
are bright, bright:
I alone am dim, dim.
All men are sharp,
sharp:
I alone am mum, mum!
Bland like the ocean,
Aimless like
the wafting gale.
All men settle down in their grooves:
I alone am stubborn and remain
outside.
But wherein I am most different from others is
In knowing
to take sustenance from my Mother!
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