[minstrels] The Paradigm -- Nammalwar

We here and that man, this man,
    and that other in-between,
and that woman, this woman,
    and that other, whoever,

those people, and these,
    and these others in-between,
this things, that thing,
    and this other in-between, whichever,

all things dying, these things,
    those things, those others in-between,
good things, bad things,
    things that were, that will be,

being all of them,
he stands there.

-- Nammalwar

(ca AD 850), Tr by AK Ramanujan