LOL...so you want to go there? It's a little off topic...but not so much :)
My translation is different, so I'll just discuss ayin. There is more...I just cut the most general stuff below here. Sight is the sense associated with ayin. The spiritual blemish of ayin is coveting as an extension of sight...coveting is considered the precursor to wrong action of many kinds. Only when one has overcome this challenge is the first level of spiritual sight, or wisdom, gained. That is, this is the internal foe that must be overcome in order to see truly, to focus, and to deal wisely and effectively with external challenges to the individual or the group.
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"Nothing," is what human transience must ultimately come to, and it is precisely the word with which the poem ends.
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Ayin: Divine Providence
http://www.inner.org/hebleter/ayin.htm
The right eye looking up at the sky; the left eye looking down at the earth.
The full spelling of the letter
ayin equals 130 or 5 times 26, 26 being the value of the Name
Havayah. In Kabbalah this phenomenon is understood to mean that the eye possesses five Divine powers. The right eye possesses five states of kindness, whereas the left eye possesses five states of severity or might.
In Psalms we find two verses in relation to God's Providence over man. One verse states: "The Eye of God is on those who fear Him." The other states: "The Eyes of God are on the
tzadikim."
The attribute of fear of God refers to the consciousness of the
sefirah of
malchut, "kingdom," likened to the woman of valor, "the woman who fears God, she shall be praised."
Malchut is constructed and directed by the five "mights," the secret of the left eye of God. For this reason, in the verse "the Eye of God is on those who fear Him," "Eye" is in the singular, referring to the left eye alone.
In the "male figure," corresponding to the six emotive attributes of the heart, Providence reflects the balance of both the five kindness together with the five mights of God. So, in the verse "The Eyes of God are on the
tzadikim," "Eyes" appear in the plural form, referring to both the right and left Eyes of God.
We are further taught in
Chassidut that the singular eye of the first verse possesses a hidden reference to the "ever-open eye" of
keter, the superconscious. Here the singular is the secret of "all right," as "there is no left in the Ancient One, all is right." The fear of God which is the vessel in the soul to contain and reveal this most concealed and supernal level of Providence, is the awe in face of the awareness of the Transcendent Light of God, permeating each point of reality, as taught in the secret of the letter
samech.
In the Divine service of the soul these three levels of Providence correspond to the three stages of service: submission, separation, and sweetening, as taught by the
Ba'al Shem Tov. All relate to his most fundamental and all inclusive teaching in regard to "particular Divine Providence."
1
The initial experience that even the minutest of one's deeds is observed and recorded Above brings one to a state of submission and fear of the Kingdom of Heaven, whose Law and Order control the universe.
2
One then experiences the Eyes of God lovingly watching over and guarding each one of his children Israel. This brings one to sense the existential separation of the holy from the profane, the righteous from the unrighteous, and to identify with the good.
3
Finally one experiences the Infinite Eye of God directing every created being to its ultimate fulfillment of purpose in Creation, thereby bringing all Creation to realize its Divine Purpose. Here, one's awe itself is in the face of the revelation of God's Infinite Love for all ("all is right"). This is the secret of sweetening.
Peace/blessings,
7L