The shaved face, the unsteady eye, the impure complexion, if these balk others, they do not balk me,
The pert apparel, the deformed attitude, drunkenness, greed, premature death, all these I part aside,
I track through your windings and turnings — I come upon you where you thought eye should never come upon you.
8. There is no endowment in man or woman that is not tallied in you,
There is no virtue, no beauty, in man or woman, but as good is in you,
No pluck, no endurance in others, but as good is in you,
No pleasure waiting for others, but an equal pleasure waits for you.
9. As for me, I give nothing to any one, except I give the like carefully to you,
I sing the songs of the glory of none, not God, sooner than I sing the songs of the glory of you.
10. Whoever you are ! claim your own at any hazard!
These shows of the east and west are tame compared to you.
These immense meadows — these interminable rivers — you are inunensc and interminable as they,