Tao Te Ching: Seventeen

Here is a musical setting for the seventeenth chapter of the Tao Te Ching. This version was translated by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, copyright 1972. These are the words:
SEVENTEEN
The very highest is barely known by men.
Then comes that which they know and love,
Then that which is feared,
Then that which is despised.
He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
When actions are performed
Without unnecessary speech,
People say, "We did it!"

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