Chapter 35 Dyer
All men will come to him who keeps to the One.
They flock to him and receive no harm.
For in him they find peace, security, and happiness.
Music and dining are passing pleasures, yet they cause people to stop.
How bland and insipid are the things of this world when one compares them to the Dao.
When you look for it there's nothing to see.
When you listen for it there's nothing to hear.
When you use it it cannot be exhausted.
Chapter 35 Henricks
1. Hold on to the Great Image and the whole world will come to you.
2. Come to you and suffer no harm; but rather know great safety and peace.
3. Music and food—for these passing travelers stop.
4. Therefore, of the Dao's speaking, we say:
5. Insipid, it is! It's lack of flavor.
6. When you look at it, it's not sufficient to be seen;
7. When you listen to it, it's not sufficient to be heard;
8. Yet when you use it, it can't be used up.
Chapter 35 Lau
Have in your hold the great image
And the empire will come to you.
Coming to you and meeting with no harm
It will be safe and sound.
Music and food
Will induce the wayfarer to stop.
The way in its passage through the mouth is without flavor.
It cannot be seen,
It cannot be heard,
Yet it cannot be exhausted by use.
Chapter 35 Wu
He who holds the Great Symbol will attract all things to him.
They flock to him and receive no harm, for in him they find peace, security and happiness.
Music and dainty dishes can only make a passing guest pause.
But the words of Tao possess lasting effects,
Though they are mild and flavourless,
Though they appeal neither to the eye nor to the ear.