Stray Birds 飞鸟集 (21-30)

        《飞鸟集》是印度诗人泰戈尔的代表作之一，星辰、飞鸟、流萤、露珠，甚至落叶，在他的笔下都化作哲学家和诗人，诉说鹅卵石般零碎、短小却又丰富、深刻的哲理。

２１

那些把灯背在背上的人，把他们的影子投到了自己前面。
They throw their shadows before them who carrytheir lantern on their back.

２２
我的存在，对我是一个永久的神奇，这就是生活。
That I exist is a perpetual surprise which islife.

２３
“我们萧萧的树叶都有声响回答那风和雨。你是谁呢，那样的沉默着？”
“我不过是一朵花。”
We, the rustling leaves, have a voice thatanswers the storms, butwho are you so silent?"
I am a mere flower.

２４
休息与工作的关系，正如眼睑与眼睛的关系。
Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to theeyes.

２５
人是一个初生的孩子，他的力量，就是生长的力量。
Man is a born child; his power is the power of growth.

２６
神希望我们酬答他，在于他送给我们的花朵，而不在于太阳和土地。
God expects answers for the flowers he sends us,not for the sun and the earth.

２７
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。
The light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happilyknows not that man can lie.

２８
啊，美呀，在爱中找你自己吧，不要到你镜子的谄谀去找寻。
O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in theflattery of thy mirror.

２９
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。”
My heart beats her waves at the shore of the world and writes uponit her signature in tears with the words, "I love thee."

３０
“月儿呀，你在等候什么呢？”
“向我将让位给他的太阳致敬。”
Moon, for what do you wait?
To salute the sun for whom I must make way.