以影觀他影以影观他影
王梵志王梵志
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Translation
You see others’ shadows through your own shadow, and measure yourself by your body. Where can the body find refuge with its shadow? How are body and shadow even kin? When the body moves, the shadow tags along; when the body stays, the shadow’s a neighbor. Beyond a hundred years, body and shadow both crumble into dust.

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