01-11-2025, 08:06 PM
I'll try again.
You gave translation for 1v:
Tell us just which line in the original text contains the sentence:
Thus water learns firmness from fire,
and fire learns gentleness from water.
I suppose there should be some pattern like:
A B C D E
E B F D A
where A is "water" B is "learns", E is "fire" and so on.
You gave translation for 1v:
Quote:Water moves with the force of life and purifies whatever it touches.
Its current teaches the soul measure and repose.
Fire accompanies it and tempers it; its warmth sustains virtue without destroying it.
From their union the living herb is born:
its roots drink the earth’s moisture,
its leaves preserve the sun’s clarity,
and the spirit of both circulates in its sap.
The air gathers its fragrance and carries its power throughout the world.
Thus water learns firmness from fire,
and fire learns gentleness from water.
When the soul beholds this concord, it remembers its origin:
it understands that the order of the elements
is also the order of thought.
And whoever knows that balance, is healed.
Tell us just which line in the original text contains the sentence:
Thus water learns firmness from fire,
and fire learns gentleness from water.
I suppose there should be some pattern like:
A B C D E
E B F D A
where A is "water" B is "learns", E is "fire" and so on.