Verse 37: Active Inaction

道常無為，而無不為。
The Constant Way behaves in non-action, yet leaves nothing undone.
侯王若能守之，萬物將自化。
If rulers could defend it, the 10,000 things will tranform themselves.
化而欲作，
If these things then desire to act,
吾將鎮之以無名之樸。
I then suppress them with the unnamed Simplicity.
無名之樸，夫亦將無欲。
The unnamed Simplicity makes man lacking in desire.
不欲以靜，天下將自定。
Lacking in desire, one becomes tranquil and the world determines itself.