All pairs of this and that are
Fruit of the tree of which
The first man ate – the tree
Of knowledge of good and evil, right and wrong,
Of yes and no, and up and down,
Of left and right, and of in and out.
Without this knowledge,
Original man made no distinctions,
Original man existed undifferentiated.
Gaining knowledge of Self, he
Created not-Self,
He created "other;" and
In his embarrassment sought
To hide himself from the one whom
He had considered his own flesh.