天長地久。
天地所以能長且久者,
以其不自生,
故能長生。
是以聖人後其身而身先;
外其身而身存。
非以其無私耶?
故能成其私。
Heaven & earth last forever.
The reason why
heaven & earth
are able to last forever
is because they do not live for themselves.
For this reason they endure.
Therefore sages put
themselves last,
yet also first;
their self is foreign,
yet their self is preserved.
Is it because they are selfless?
For this reason their self is fulfilled.