Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
that buried itself
once, in human flesh

but I traded it later
to a boy on horseback
in the southeast quarter
who begged me to have it
and gave me
a new bamboo basket

I continue to be interested in new things that seem old and old things that seem new.

Myśli te zaprawione były pewną goryczą ludzi starych, którzy więcej cierpią nad utratą rzeczy dawnych, niż cieszą się z nadejścia nowych.

On first glance the yard was piled high with scrap metal, but a closer inspection revealed it to be the place where new life was given to old things.

Old things are replaced by new ones but the only old ones that cant be replaced are the ones with something with our lives.