“Was führt die Welt an der Nase herum? 1.1
“Kenassu nīyati loko,
“What leads the world on?

What führt im Rund herum? 1.2
kenassu parikassati;
What drags it around?

Was nur ist das wenn eins dir nur dämmert 1.3
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
What is the one thing

das was hält alles in Schwung?” 1.4
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway?”

“Das Herz führt die Welt an der Nase herum. 2.1
“Cittena nīyati loko,
“The mind leads the world on.

Das Herz führt im Rund herum. 2.2
cittena parikassati;
The mind drags it around.

Das Herz ist das was wenn eins dir nur dämmert 2.3
Cittassa ekadhammassa,
Mind is the one thing

das was hält alles in Schwung.” 2.4
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway.”