Stray Birds 飞鸟集 (51-60)

        《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。

５１

你的偶像委散在尘土中了，这可证明神的尘土比你的偶像还伟大。
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove thatGod's dust is greater than your idol.

５２
人不能在他的历史中表现出他自己，他在历史中奋斗着露出头角。
Man does not reveal himself in his history, hestruggles up through it.

５３
玻璃灯因为瓦灯叫它做表兄而责备瓦灯。但明月出来时，玻璃
灯却温和地微笑着，叫明月为－－－“我亲爱的，亲爱的姐姐。”
Whilethe glass lamp rebukes the earthen forcalling it cousin the moonrises, and the glass lamp, with a bland smile, calls her, ---My dear, dearsister.

５４
我们如海鸥之与波涛相遇似地，遇见了，走近了。海鸥飞去，波涛滚滚地流
开，我们也分别了。
Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waveswe meet and come near.
The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and wedepart.

５５
我的白昼已经完了，我象一只泊在海滩上的小船，谛听着晚潮跳舞的乐声。
My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn onthe beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

５６
我们的生命是天赋的，我们惟有献出生命，才能得到生命。
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

５７
当我们是大为谦卑的时候，便是我们最接近伟大的时候。
We come nearest to the great when we are greatin humility.

５８
麻雀看见孔雀负担着它的翎尾，替它担忧。
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at theburden of its tail.

５９
决不要害怕刹那－－永恒之声这样唱着。
Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings thevoice of the everlasting.

６０
风于无路之中寻求最短之路，又突然地在“无何有之国”终之了它的追求。
The hurricane seeks the shortest road by theno-road, and suddenly ends its search in the Nowhere.