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RE: Tao Te Ching Chp. 58



ja' DloraH:

>Hey, this is a repeat.

'ay'vam vIlabta'. ghIq 'e' vIlIj. 'ach cha'logh vIlabta' 'e' vIpaybe'. wa' 
Hogh ret QapHa'mo' kli.org De'wI' DulabmoHlaHbe' QInwIj.  {{;-)

>>San Do' taghmoH Qugh'e'. [A]
>>Qugh So' San Do''e'
>
>>Good fortune springs from disaster.
>>Disaster lurks in good fate.
>
>>[A] Alernatively:
>>
>>     Qughmo' tagh San Do''e'
>>     San Do'Daq loS Qugh'e'.
>
>I prefer the /Qughmo' tagh San Do''e'/ over /San Do' taghmoH Qugh'e'/, but 
>I don't like the use of -Daq in /San Do'Daq loS Qugh'e'/.
>
>For the first sentence how about lIng... hmm, maybe not.

<lIng> probably means "produce" in the sense of "manufacture" or "generate".

>How about just using a very vague pronoun as to-be?
>Qughmo' 'oH San Do''e'
>Because of disaster, good fortune is.

bIbej'a'? taQqu'law'.

>In the second sentence it is "disaster" that is doing the action (lurking). 
>That makes me want to cast it as the subject, like in your [A], but I do 
>like /So'/ and I don't like /-Daq/; but right now I can't think of a 
>solution.

Hmm, if <So'> works fine, maybe I could keep the So' version of the second 
line and modify the first line. How about:

San Do' mung 'oH Qugh'e'.
Qugh So' San Do''e'.

'ISqu'

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