Stray Birds 飞鸟集 (241-250)

        《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。

２４１
您曾经带领着我，穿过我的白天的拥挤不堪的旅程，而到达了我的黄昏的孤寂之境。
在通宵的寂静里，我等待着它的意义。
Thou hast led me through my crowded travels ofthe day to my evening's loneliness.
I wait for its meaning through the stillness ofthe night.

２４２
我们的生命就似渡过一个大海，我们都相聚在这个狭小的舟中。
死时，我们便到了岸，各往各的世界去了。
This life is the crossing of a sea, where wemeet in the same narrow ship.
In death we reach the shore and go to ourdifferent worlds.

２４３
真理之川从它的错误之沟渠中流过。
The stream of truth flows through its channelsof mistakes.

２４４
今天我的心是在想家了，在想着那跨过时间之海的那一个甜蜜的时候。
My heart is homesick today for the one sweethour across the sea of time.

２４５
鸟的歌声是曙光从大地反响过去的回声。
The bird-song is the echo of the morning lightback from the earth.

２４６
晨光问毛茛道：“你是骄傲得不肯和我接吻么？”
Are you too proud tokiss me?

２４７
小花问道：“我要怎样地对你唱，怎样地崇拜你呢？太阳呀？”
太阳答道：“只要用你的纯洁的素朴的沉默。”
How may I sing to thee and worship, O Sun?
By the simple silence of thy purity,


２４８
当人是兽时，他比兽还坏。
Man is worse than an animal when he is ananimal.

２４９
黑云受光的接吻时便变成天上的花朵。
Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissedby light.

２５０
不要让刀锋讥笑它柄子的拙钝。
Let not the sword-blade mock its handle forbeing blunt.