Tao Te Ching; Chp. 54 revisited

["Agnieszka Solska" <agnpau1@hotmail.com>]

lab DloraH:

>HolQeD Dec 98
>...
>In fact,
>       jISum alone probably would make no everyday sense to a Klingon.
>       "I am near me."  But it does have an idiomatic philosophical >       
>sense,something like "I'm in touch with my inner self" (but in a
>       Klingon sort of way, of course).

va! De'vam vIlaD 'ach "idiom"vam vItu'be' pagh vIlIj. chaq 'ay' 54 tlhegh 
Qav vImughmeH 'oH vIlo'laH.

I read the article but somehow I haven't noticed or forgotten this idiom. 
Its existence suggests yet another way to render the cryptic phrase 
concluding Chapter 54.


54K (old version)
      chay' qo' mIw vISov?
      meqvammo'/'oHvammo' vISov.

54E (old version)
      How do I know the way of the world?
      Because of this.


54K (new version)
      chay' qo' mIw vISov?
      jISummo' vISov.

54K (new version)
      How do I know the way of the world?
      I do because of what's within me.

'ISqu'

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