The eternal way

道 可 道 非 常 道
名 可 名 非 常 名
無 名 天 地 之 始

(老子)

tao ke tao fei chang tao
ming ke ming fei chang ming
wu ming tian di zhi shi

(Laozi)

the way that becomes a way is not the eternal way
the name that can be named is not the eternal name
the unnameable is the eternally real