Sand and Foam 沙与沫 （2）

作者：Kahlil Gibran（纪伯伦）

译文：冰心

配乐：어느 휴일의 공원(某个假日的公园) - Little Story

诵读：Bryan

We were fluttering, wandering, longing creatures a thousand thousand years before the sea and the wind in the forest gave us words.

我们是有海洋以前千万年的扑腾着、飘游着、追求着的生物，森林里的风把语言给与了我们。

Now how can we express the ancient of days in us with only the sounds of our yesterdays?

那么我们怎能以昨天的声音来表现我们心中的远古年代呢？

The Sphinx spoke only once, and the Sphinx said, "A grain of sand is a desert, and a desert is a grain of sand; and now let us all be silent again."
I heard the Sphinx, but I did not understand.
斯芬克斯只说过一次话。斯芬克斯说：“一粒沙子就是一片沙漠，一片沙漠就是一粒沙子；现在再让我们沉默下去吧。”

我听到了斯芬克斯的话，但是我不懂得。

Long did I lie in the dust of Egypt, silent and unaware of the seasons.
Then the sun gave me birth, and I rose and walked upon the banks of the Nile.
Singing with the days and dreaming with the nights.
And now the sun threads upon me with a thousand feet that I may lie again in the dust of Egypt.
But behold a marvel and a riddle!
The very sun that gathered me cannot scatter me.
Still erect am I, and sure of foot do I walk upon the banks of the Nile.

我在埃及的沙土上躺了很久，沉默着而且忘却了季节。

然后太阳把生命给了我，我起来在尼罗河岸上行走。

和白天一同唱歌，和黑夜一同做梦。

现在太阳又用一千只脚在我身上践踏，让我再在埃及的沙土上躺下。

但是，请看一个奇迹和一个谜吧！

那个把我集聚起来的太阳，不能把我打散。

我依旧挺立着，我以稳健的步履在尼罗河岸上行走。

Remembrance is a form of meeting.

记忆是相会的一种形式。

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

忘记是自由的一种形式。

We measure time according to the movement of countless suns; and they measure time by little machines in their little pockets.
Now tell me, how could we ever meet at the same place and the same time?
我们依据无数太阳的运转来测定时间；他们以他们口袋里的小小的机器来测定时间。

那么请告诉我，我们怎能在同一的地点和同一的时间相会呢？

Space is not space between the earth and the sun to one who looks down from the windows of the Milky Way.

对于从银河的窗户里下望的人，空间就不是地球与太阳之间的空间了。