飞鸟集021-030（我存在）

21

They throw their shadows before them who carry their lantern on their back.

那些把灯背在背上的人，把他们的影子投到了自己前面。

22

That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.

我存在，乃是所谓生命的一个永久的奇迹。

23

Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.

休息与工作的关系，正如眼睑与眼睛的关系。

24

“We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent?"

“I am a mere flower.”

“我们，萧萧的树叶，都有声响回答那暴风雨，但你是谁呢，那样地沉默着?”

“我不过是一朵花。”

25

Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth.

人是一个初生的孩子，他的力量，就是生长的力量。

26

God expects answers for the flowers he sends us, not for the sun and the earth.

上帝希望我们酬答他的，在于他送给我们的花朵，而不在于太阳和土地。

27

The light that plays, like a naked child, among thegreen leaves happily knows not that man can lie.

光明如一个裸体的孩子，快快活活地在绿叶当中游戏，它不知道人是会欺诈的。

28

O Beauty , find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thymirror.

啊，美呀，在爱中找你自己吧，不要到你镜子的谄谀去找寻。

29

My heart beats her waves at the shore of the world andwrites upon it her signature in tears with the words, “I lovethee. ”

我的心把她的波浪在世界的海岸上冲激着，以热泪在上边写着她的题记：“我爱你。”

30

“Moon , for what do you wait?” 

“ To salute the sun forwhom I must make way.”

“月儿呀，你在等候什么呢？”

“向我将让位给他的太阳致敬。”