常道

And the Beat Goes on

Sonny & Cher

Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce

Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss

The cars keep going faster all the time

Bums still cry, "Hey buddy, have you got a dime?"

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on

Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain

La de da de de, la de da de da

節拍 (ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄆㄞ music) beat; meter; rhythm

奏 (ㄗㄡˋ literary, or in compounds) beat; meter; rhythm

And the Beat Goes On

The Whispers song

Do you ever wonder

That to win, somebody's got to lose

I might as well get over the blues

Just like fishing in the ocean

There'll always be someone new

You did me wrong 'cos I've been through stormy weather.

And the beat goes on

Just like my love everlasting

And the beat goes on you'd better believe it

Still moving strong on and on.

道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter 2 - Muller

天下皆知美之為美，斯惡已。

皆知善之為善，斯不善已。

故有無相生，難易相成，長短相較，高下相傾，音聲相和，前後相隨。

是以聖人處無為之事，行不言之教；萬物作焉而不辭，生而不有。

為而不恃，功成而弗居。

夫唯弗居，是以不去。

2. All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful

All in the world recognize the beautiful as beautiful.

Herein lies ugliness.

All recognize the good as good.

Herein lies evil.

Therefore

Being and non-being produce each other.

Difficulty and ease bring about each other.

Long and short delimit each other.

High and low rest on each other.

Sound and voice harmonize with each other.

Front and back follow each other.

Therefore the sage abides in the condition of wu-wei

(unattached action).

And carries out wordless teaching.

Here, the myriad things are made, yet not separated.

Therefore the sage produces without possessing,

Acts without expectations

And accomplishes without abiding in her accomplishments.

It is precisely because she does not abide in them

That they never leave her.

(The nourishment of the person) — James Legge

All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what they want of skill is. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).

The work is done, but how no one can see;

'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.