Sand and Foam 沙与沫 （3）

作者：Kahlil Gibran（纪伯伦）

译文：冰心

配乐：May Be - Yiruma

诵读：Bryan

Humanity is a river of light running from the ex-eternity to eternity.
人性是一条光河，从永久以前流到永久。

Do not the spirits who dwell in the ether envy man his pain?
难道在以太里居住的精灵，不妒羡世人的痛苦吗？

On my way to the Holy City I met another pilgrim and I asked him, "Is this indeed the way to the Holy City?"
And he said, "Follow me, and you will reach the Holy City in a day and a night."
And I followed him. And we walked many days and many nights, yet we did not reach the Holy City.
And what was to my surprise he became angry with me because he had misled me.
在到圣城去的路上，我遇到另一位香客，我问他：“这条就是到圣城去的路吗？”

他说：“跟我来吧，再有一天一夜就到达圣城了。”

我就跟随他。我们走了几天几夜，还没有走到圣城。

使我惊讶的是，他带错了路反而对我大发脾气。

Make me, oh God, the prey of the lion, ere You make the rabbit my prey.
神呵，让我做狮子的俘食，要不就让兔子做我的俘食吧。

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

除了通过黑夜的道路，人们不能到达黎明。

My house says to me, "Do not leave me, for here dwells your past."
And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future."
And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have I a future. If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; and if I go there is a staying in my going. Only love and death will change all things."

我的房子对我说：“不要离开我，因为你的过去住在这里。”
道路对我说：“跟我来吧，因为我是你的将来。”

我对我的房子和道路说：“我没有过去，也没有将来。如果我住下来，我的住中就有去；如果我去，我的去中就有住。只有爱和死才能改变一切。”

How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?

当那些睡在绒毛上面的人所做的梦，并不比睡在土地上的人的梦更美好的时候，我怎能对生命的公平失掉信心呢？

Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.
奇怪得很，对某些娱乐的愿望，也是我的痛苦的一部分。