1

你已經(jīng)使我永生，這樣做是你的歡樂。這脆薄的杯兒，你不斷地把它倒空，又不斷地以新生命來充滿。

這小小的葦?shù)?，你攜帶著它逾山越谷，從笛管里吹出永新的音樂。

在你雙手的不朽的安撫下，我小小的心，消融在無邊快樂之中，發(fā)出不可言說的詞調(diào)。

你無窮的賜予只傾入我小小的手里。時代過去了，你還在傾注，而我的手里還有余量待充滿。

Thou hast made me endless，such is thy pleasure．This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again，and fill it ever with fresh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales，and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine．Ages pass，and still thou pour into，and still there is room to fill.

2

你命令我歌唱的時候，我的心似乎要因著驕傲而炸裂，我仰望著你的臉，眼淚涌上我的眶里。

我生命中一切的凝澀與矛盾融化成一片甜柔的諧音——

我的贊頌像一只歡樂的鳥，振翼飛越海洋。

我知道你歡喜我的歌唱。我知道只因為我是位歌者，才能走到你的面前。

我用我的歌曲遠(yuǎn)伸的翅梢，觸到了你的雙腳，那是我從來不敢想望觸到的。

在歌唱中的陶醉，我忘了自己，你本是我的主人，我卻稱你為朋友。

When thou command me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride; and I look to thy face，and tears come to my eyes.

All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony——and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea.

I know thou take pleasure in my singing．I know that only as a singer I come before thy presence.

I touch by the edge of the far-spreading wing of my song thy feet which I could never aspire to reach.

Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art my lord.

3

我不知道你怎樣地唱，我的主人！我總在驚奇地靜聽。

你的音樂的光輝照亮了世界，你的音樂的氣息透徹諸天。

你的音樂的圣泉沖過一切阻擋的巖石，向前奔涌。

我的心渴望和你合唱，而掙扎不出一點(diǎn)聲音。我想說話，但是言語不成歌曲，我叫不出來。呵，你使我的心變成了你的音樂的漫天大網(wǎng)中的俘虜，我的主人！

I know not how thou sing，my master！I ever listen in silent amazement．The light of thy music illumines the world．The life breath of thy music runs from sky to sky．

The holy stream of thy music breaks through all stony obstacles and rushes on.

My heart longs to join in thy song，but vainly struggles for a voice．I would speak，but speech breaks not into song，and I cry out baffled．Ah，thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music，my master！

4

我生命的生命，我要保持我的軀體永遠(yuǎn)純潔，因為我知道你的生命的摸撫，接觸著我的四肢。

我要永遠(yuǎn)從我的思想中屏除虛偽，因為我知道你就是那在我心中燃起理智之火的真理。

我要從我心中驅(qū)走一切的丑惡，使我的愛開花，因為我知道你在我的心宮深處安設(shè)了座位。

我要努力在我的行為上表現(xiàn)你，因為我知道是你的威力，給我力量來行動。

Life of my life，I shall ever try to keep my body pure，knowing that thy living touch is upon all my limbs.

I shall ever try to keep all untruths out from my thoughts，knowing that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind.

I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower，knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart.

And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions，knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act.

5

請容我懈怠一會兒，來坐在你的身旁，我手邊的工作等一下子再去完成。

不在你的面前，我的心就不知道什么是安逸和休息，我的工作變成了無邊的勞役海中無盡的勞役。

今天，炎暑來到我的窗前，輕噓微語；群蜂在花樹的宮廷中盡情彈唱。

這正是應(yīng)該靜坐的時光，和你相對，在這靜寂和無邊的閑暇里唱出生命的獻(xiàn)歌。

I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side．The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.

Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite，and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.

Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.

Now it is time to sit quite，face to face with thee，and to sing dedication of live in this silent and overflowing leisure.

6

摘下這朵花來，拿了去吧，不要延遲！我怕它會萎謝了，掉在塵土里。

它也許配不上你的花冠，但請你采摘它，以你的手采摘的痛苦來給它光寵。我怕在我警覺之先，日光已逝，貢獻(xiàn)的時間過了。

雖然它顏色不深，香氣很淡，請仍用這花來禮拜，趁著還有時間，就采摘吧。

Pluck this little flower and take it，delay not！I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust.

I may not find a place in thy garland，but honour it with a touch of pain from thy hand and pluck it．I fear lest the day end before I am aware，and the time of offering go by.

Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint，use this flower in thy service and pluck it while there is time.

7

我的歌曲把她的裝飾卸掉，她沒有了衣飾的驕奢，裝飾會成為我們合一之玷；它們會橫阻在我們之間，它們叮當(dāng)?shù)穆曇魰蜎]了你的細(xì)語。

我的詩人的虛榮心，在你的容光中羞死。呵，詩圣，我已經(jīng)拜倒在你的腳前。只讓我的生命簡單正直像一支葦?shù)?，讓你來吹出音樂?/p>

My song has put off her adornments．She has no pride of dress and decoration．Ornaments would mar our union; they would come between thee and me; their jingling would drown thy whispers.

My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight．O master poet，I have sat down at thy feet．Only let me make my life simple and straight，like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

8

那穿起王子的衣袍和掛起珠寶項鏈的孩子，在游戲中，他失去了一切的快樂，他的衣服絆著他的步履。

為怕衣飾的破裂和污損，他不敢走進(jìn)世界，甚至于不敢挪動。

母親，這是毫無好處的，如你華美的約束，使人和大地健康的塵土隔斷，把人進(jìn)入日常生活盛大集會的權(quán)利剝奪去了。

The child who is decked with prince's robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step.

In fear that it may be frayed，or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world，and is afraid even to move.

Mother，it is no gain，thy bondage of finery，if it keeps one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth，if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.

9

呵，傻子，想把自己背在肩上！呵，乞人，來到你自己門口求乞！

把你的負(fù)擔(dān)卸在那雙能擔(dān)當(dāng)一切的手中吧，永遠(yuǎn)不要惋惜地回顧。

你欲望的氣息，會立刻把它接觸到的燈火吹滅。它是不圣潔的——不要從它不潔的手中接受禮物，只領(lǐng)受神圣的愛所賦予的東西。

O Fool，try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders！O beggar，to come beg at thy own door！

Leave all thy burdens on his hands who can bear all，and never look behind in regret.

Thy desire at once puts out the light from the lamp it touches with its breath．It is unholy——take not thy gifts through its unclean hands．Accept only what is offered by sacred love.

10

這是你的腳凳，你在最貧最賤最失所的人群中歇足。

我想向你鞠躬，我的敬禮不能達(dá)到你歇足地方的深處——那最貧最賤最失所的人群中。

你穿著破敝的衣服，在最貧最賤最失所的人群中行走，驕傲永遠(yuǎn)不能走近這個地方。

你和那最沒有朋友的、最貧最賤最失所的人們做伴，我的心永遠(yuǎn)找不到那個地方。

Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest，and lowliest，and lost.

When I try to bow to thee，my obeisance cannot reach down to the depth where thy feet rest among the poorest，and lowliest，and lost.

Pride can never approach to where thou walk in the clothes of the humble among the poorest，and lowliest，and lost.

My heart can never find its way to where thou keep company with the companionless among the poorest，the lowliest，and the lost.

11

把禮贊和數(shù)珠撇在一邊吧！你在門窗緊閉幽暗孤寂的殿角里，向誰禮拜呢？睜開眼你看，上帝不在你的面前！

他是在鋤著枯地的農(nóng)夫那里，在敲石的造路工人那里。太陽下，陰雨里，他和他們同在，衣袍上蒙著塵土。脫掉你的圣袍，甚至像他一樣的下到泥土里去吧！

超脫嗎？從哪里找超脫呢？我們的主已經(jīng)高高興興地把創(chuàng)造的鎖鏈戴起，他和我們大家永遠(yuǎn)聯(lián)系在一起。

從靜坐里走出來吧，丟開供養(yǎng)的香花！你的衣服污損了又何妨呢？去迎接他，在勞動里，流汗里，和他站在一起吧。

Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads！Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee！

He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the roadman is breaking stones．He is with them in sun and in shower，and his garment is covered with dust．Put of thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil！

Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found? Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is bound with us all for ever.

Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense！What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained? Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.

12

我旅行的時間很長，旅途也是很長的。

天剛破曉，我就驅(qū)車起行，穿遍廣漠的世界，在許多星球之上留下轍痕。

離你最近的地方，路途最遠(yuǎn)，最簡單的音調(diào)，需要最艱苦的練習(xí)。

旅客要在每個生人門口敲叩，才能敲到自己的家門，人要在外面到處漂流，最后才能走到最深的內(nèi)殿。

我的眼睛向空闊處四望，最后才合上眼說：“你原來在這里！”

這句問話和呼喚“呵，在哪兒呢？”融化在千股的淚泉里，和你保證的回答“我在這里！”的洪流，一同泛濫了全世界。

The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.

I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light，and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.

It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself，and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune.

The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own，and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.

My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said ‘’Here art thou！‘’

The question and the cry ‘’Oh，where?‘’ melt into tears of a thousand streams and deluge the world with the flood of the assurance ‘’I am！‘’

13

我要唱的歌，直到今天還沒有唱出。

每天我總在樂器上調(diào)理弦索。

時間還沒有到來，歌詞也未曾填好，只有愿望的痛苦在我心中。

花蕊還未開放，只有風(fēng)從旁嘆息走過。

我沒有看見過他的臉，也沒有聽見過他的聲音。我只聽見他輕躡的足音，從我房前路上走過。

悠長的一天消磨在為他在地上鋪設(shè)座位，但是燈火還未點(diǎn)上，我不能請他進(jìn)來。

我生活在和他相會的希望中，但這相會的日子還沒有來到。

The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.

I have spent my days in stringing and in unstring my instrument.

The time has not come true，the words have not been rightly set; only there is the agony of wishing in my heart.

The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by.

I have not seen his face，nor have I listened to his voice; only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house.

The livelong day has passed in spreading his seat on the floor; but the lamp has not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house.

I live in the hope of meeting with him; but this meeting is not yet.

14

我的欲望很多，我的哭泣也很可憐，但你永遠(yuǎn)用堅決的拒絕來拯救我，這剛強(qiáng)的慈悲已經(jīng)緊密地交織在我的生命里。

你使我一天一天地更配領(lǐng)受你自動的簡單偉大的賜予——這天空和光明，這軀體和生命與心靈——把我從極欲的危險中拯救了出來。

有時候我懈怠地挨延，有時候我急忙警覺尋找我的路向，但是你卻忍心地躲藏起來。

你不斷地拒絕我，從軟弱動搖的欲望的危險中拯救了我，使我一天一天地更配得你完全的接納。

My desires are many and my cry is pitiful，but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life through and through.

Day by day thou art making me worthy of the simple，great gifts that thou greatness to me unasked——this sky and the light，this body and the life and the mind——saving me from perils of overmuch desire.

There are times when I languidly linger and times when I awaken and hurry in search of my goal; but cruelly thou hide thyself from before me.

Day by day thou art making me worthy of thy full acceptance by refusing me ever and anon，saving me from perils of weak，uncertain desire.

15

我來為你唱歌。在你的廳堂中，我坐在屋角。

在你的世界中，我無事可做，我無用的生命只能放出無目的的歌聲。

在你黑暗的殿中，夜半敲起默禱的鐘聲的時候，命令我吧，我的主人，來站在你面前歌唱。

當(dāng)金琴在晨光中調(diào)好的時候，寵賜我吧，命令我來到你的面前。

I am here to sing thee songs．In this hall of thine I have a corner seat.

In thy world I have no work to do; my useless life can only break out in tunes without a purpose.

When the hour strikes for thy silent worship at the dark temple of midnight，command me，my master，to stand before thee to sing.

When in the morning air the golden harp is tuned，honour me，commanding my presence.

16

我接到這世界節(jié)日的請柬，我的生命受了祝福。我的眼睛看見了美麗的景象，我的耳朵也聽見了醉人的音樂。

在這宴會中，我的任務(wù)是奏樂，我也盡力演奏了。

現(xiàn)在，我問，那時間終于來到了嗎，我可以進(jìn)去瞻仰你的容顏，并獻(xiàn)上我靜默的敬禮嗎？

I have had my invitation to this world's festival，and thus my life has been blessed．My eyes have seen and my ears have heard.

It was my part at this feast to play upon my instrument，and I have done all I could.

Now，I ask，has the time come at last when I may go in and see thy face and offer thee my silent salutation?

17

我只在等候著愛，要最終把我交在他手里。這是我遲誤的原因，我對這延誤負(fù)疚。

他們要用法律和規(guī)章，來緊緊地約束我，但是我總是躲著他們，因為我只等候著愛，要最終把我交在他手里。

人們責(zé)備我，說我不理會人，我也知道他們的責(zé)備是有道理的。

市集已過，忙人的工作都已完畢，叫我不應(yīng)的人都已含怒回去。我只等候著愛，要最終把我交在他手里。

I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands．That is why it is so late and why I have been guilty of such omissions.

They come with their laws and their codes to bind me fast; but I evade them ever，for I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.

People blame me and call me heedless; I doubt not they are right in their blame.

The market day is over and work is all done for the busy．Those who came to call me in vain have gone back in anger．I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.

18

云霾堆積，黑暗漸深。呵，愛，你為什么讓我獨(dú)在門外等候？

在中午工作最忙的時候，我和大家在一起，但在這黑暗寂寞的日子，我只企望著你。

若是你不容我見面，若是你完全把我拋棄，真不知將如何度過這悠長的雨天。

我不住地凝望遙遠(yuǎn)的陰空，我的心和不寧的風(fēng)一同彷徨悲嘆。

Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens．Ah，love，why dost thou let me wait outside at the door all alone?

In the busy moments of the noontide work I am with the crowd，but on this dark lonely day it is only for thee that I hope.

If thou show me not thy face，if thou leave me wholly aside，I know not how I am to pass these long，rainy hours.

I keep gazing on the far-away gloom of the sky，and my heart wanders wailing with the restless wind.

19

若是你不說話，我就含忍著，以你的沉默來填滿我的心。

我要沉靜地等候，像黑夜在星光中無眠，忍耐地低首。

清晨一定會來，黑暗也要消隱，你的聲音將劃破天空從金泉中下注。

那時你的話語，要在我的每一處鳥巢中生翼發(fā)聲，你的音樂，要在我林叢繁花中盛開怒放。

If thou speak not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it．

I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil and its head bent low with patience.

The morning will surely come，the darkness will vanish，and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky.

Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my birds‘ nests，and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all my forest groves.

20

蓮花開放的那天，唉，我不自覺地在心魂中飄蕩。我的花籃空著，花兒我也沒有去理睬。

不時地有一段的幽愁來襲擊我，我從夢中驚起，覺得南風(fēng)里有一陣奇香的芳蹤。

這迷茫的溫馨，使我想望得心痛，我覺得這仿佛是夏天渴望的氣息，尋求圓滿。

我那時不曉得它離我是那么近，而且是我的，這完美的溫馨，還是在我自己心靈的深處開放。

On the day when the lotus bloomed，alas，my mind was straying，and I knew it not．My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded.

Only now and again a sadness fell upon me，and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.

That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion.

I knew not then that it was so near，that it was mine，and that this perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart.

21

我必須撐出我的船去，時光都在岸邊挨延消磨了——不堪的我呵！

春天把花開過就告別了，如今落紅遍地，我卻等待而又流連。

潮聲漸喧，河岸的蔭灘上黃葉飄落。

你凝望著的是何等的空虛！你不覺得有一陣驚喜和對岸遙遠(yuǎn)的歌聲從天空中一同飄來嗎？

I must launch out my boat．The languid hours pass by on the shore——Alas for me！

The spring has done its flowering and taken leave．And now with the burden of faded futile flowers I wait and linger.

The waves have become clamorous，and upon the bank in the shady lane the yellow leaves flutter and fall.

What emptiness do you gaze upon！Do you not feel a thrill passing through the air with the notes of the far-away song floating from the other shore?

22

在七月淫雨的濃陰中，你用秘密的腳步行走，夜一般的輕悄，躲過一切的守望的人。

今天，清晨閉上眼，不理連連呼喊的狂嘯的東風(fēng)，一張厚厚的紗幕遮住永遠(yuǎn)清醒的碧空。

林野住了歌聲，家家閉戶。在這冷寂的街上，你是孤獨(dú)的行人。呵，我唯一的朋友，我最愛的人，我的家門是開著的——不要夢一般地走過吧。

In the deep shadows of the rainy July，with secret steps，thou walk，silent as night，eluding all watchers.

Today the morning has closed its eyes，heedless of the insistent calls of the loud east wind，and a thick veil has been drawn over the ever-wakeful blue sky.

The woodlands have hushed their songs，and doors are all shut at every house．Thou art the solitary wayfarer in this deserted street．Oh my only friend，my best beloved，the gates are open in my house——do not pass by like a dream.

23

在這暴風(fēng)雨的夜晚，你還在外面游歷愛的旅行嗎，我的朋友？

天空像失望者在哀號。

我今夜無眠，我不斷地開門向黑暗中瞭望，我的朋友！

我什么都看不見，我不知道你要走哪一條路！

是從墨黑的河岸上，是從遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的愁慘的樹林邊，是穿過昏暗迂回的曲徑，你摸索著來到我這里嗎，我的朋友？

Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love，my friend?

The sky groans like one in despair.

I have no sleep tonight．Ever and again I open my door and look out on the darkness，my friend！

I can see nothing before me．I wonder where lies thy path！

By what dim shore of the ink-black river，by what far edge of the frowning forest，through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading thy course to come to me，my friend?

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假如一天已經(jīng)過去了，鳥兒也不歌唱，假如風(fēng)也吹倦了，那就用黑暗的厚幕把我蓋上吧，如同你在黃昏時節(jié)用睡眠的衾被裹上大地，又輕柔地將睡蓮的花瓣合上。

旅客的行程未達(dá)，糧袋已空，衣裳破裂污損，而又筋疲力盡，你解除了他的羞澀與困窘，使他的生命像花朵一樣在仁慈的夜幕下蘇醒。

If the day is done，if birds sing no more，if the wind has flagged tired，then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me，even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus at dusk.