That's not a strong bond

--so say the enlightened--

the one made of iron,

of wood, or of grass.

To be smitten, enthralled,

with jewels & ornaments,

longing for children & wives:

that's the strong bond,

--so say the enlightened--

one that's constraining,

elastic, hard to untie.

But having cut it, they

--the enlightened--go forth,

free of longing, abandoning

sensual ease.

-Dhammapada, 24, translated by Thainssaro Bhikkhu.