以影觀他影以影观他影
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以以影影觀观他他影影
以以身身觀观我我身身
身身影影何何處处暱暱
身身共共影影何何親亲
身身行行影影作作伴伴
身身住住影影為为鄰邻
身身影影百百年年外外
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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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