第8章 做自己想做的人 (8)
在我自己的杯中，饮了我的酒吧，朋友。
一倒在别人的杯里，这酒的腾跳的泡沫便要消失了。
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The perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the Imperfect.
“完全”为了对“不全”的爱，把自己装饰得美丽。
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God says to man， I heal you therefore I hurt， love you therefore punish.
神对人说：“我医治你所以伤害你，爱你所以惩罚你。”
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Thank the flame for its light， but do not forget the lampholder standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
谢谢火焰给你光明，但是不要忘了那执灯的人，他是坚忍地站在黑暗当中呢。
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Tiny grass， your steps are small， but you possess the earth under your tread.
小草呀，你的足步虽小，但是你拥有你足下的土地。
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The infant flower opens its bud and cries， Dear World， please do not fade.
幼花的蓓蕾叫道：“亲爱的世界呀，请不要萎谢了。”
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God grows weary of great kingdoms， but never of little flowers.
神对于那些大帝国会感到厌恶，却决不会厌恶那些小小的花朵。
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Wrong cannot afford defeat but Right can.
错误经不起失败，但是真理却不怕失败。
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I give my whole water in joy， sings the waterfall， though little of it is enough for the thirsty.
瀑布歌唱道：“虽然渴者只要少许的水便够了，我却很快活地给与了我的全部的水。
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Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy？
把那些花朵抛掷上去的那一阵子无休无止的狂欢大喜的劲儿，其源泉是在哪里呢？
71
The woodcutters axe begged for its handle from the tree.
The tree gave it.
樵夫的斧头，问树要斧柄。
树便给了他。
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In my solitude of heart I feel the sigh of this widowed evening veiled with mist and rain.
这寡独的黄昏，幕着雾与雨，我在我的心的孤寂里，感觉到它的叹息。
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Chastity is a wealth that comes from abundance of love.
贞操是从丰富的爱情中生出来的财富。
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The mist， like love， plays upon the heart of the hills and bring out surprises of beauty.
雾，像爱情一样，在山峰的心上游戏，生出种种美丽的变幻。
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We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
我们把世界看错了，反说它欺骗我们。
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The poet wind is out over the sea and the forest to seek his own voice.
诗人的风，正出经海洋森林，追求它自己的歌声。
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
每一个孩子出生时都带来信息说：神对人并未灰心失望。
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The grass seeks her crowd in the earth.
The tree seeks his solitude of the sky.
绿草求她地上的伴侣。
树木求他天空的寂寞。
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Man barricades against himself.
人对他自己建筑起堤防来。
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Your voice， my friend， wanders in my heart， like the muffled sound of the sea among these listening pines.
我的朋友，你的语声飘荡在我的心里，像那海水的低吟声绕缭在静听着的松林之间。
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What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars？
这个不可见的黑暗之火焰，以繁星为其火花的，到底是什么呢？
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate； he who loves finds the gate open.
那想做好人的，在门外敲着门；那爱人的，看见门敞开着。
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In death the many becomes one； in life the one becomes many.
Religion will be one when God is dead.
在死的时候，众多和而为一；在生的时候，一化为众多。
神死了的时候，宗教便将合而为一。
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The artist is the lover of Nature， therefore he is her slave and her master.
艺术家是自然的情人，所以他是自然的奴隶，也是自然的主人。
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How far are you from me， O Fruit？
I am hidden in your heart， O Flower.
“你离我有多远呢，果实呀？”
“我藏在你心里呢，花呀。”
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This longing is for the one who is felt in the dark， but not seen in the day.
这个渴望是为了那个在黑夜里感觉得到，在大白天里却看不见的人。
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You are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf， I am the smaller one on its upper side， said the dewdrop to the lake.
露珠对湖水说道：“你是在荷叶下面的大露珠，我是在荷叶上面的较小的露珠。”
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The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the sword.
刀鞘保护刀的锋利，它自己则满足于它的迟钝。
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In darkness the One appears as uniform； in the light the One appears as manifold.
在黑暗中，“一”视如一体；在光亮中，“一”便视如众多。
在静听着的松林之间。
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The great earth makes herself hospitable with the help of the grass.
大地借助于绿草，显出她自己的殷勤好客。
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The birth and death of the leaves are the rapid whirls of the eddy whose wider circles move slowly among stars.
绿叶的生与死乃是旋风的急骤的旋转，它的更广大的旋转的圈子乃是在天上繁星之间徐缓的转动。
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Power said to the world： You are mine.
The world kept it prisoner on her throne.
Love said to the world， I am thine.
The world gave it the freedom of her house.
权势对世界说道：“你是我的。”
世界便把权势囚禁在她的宝座下面。
爱情对世界说道：“我是你的。”
世界便给予爱情以在它屋内来往的自由。
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The mist is like the earth's desire.
It hides the sun for whom she cries.
浓雾仿佛是大地的愿望。
它藏起了太阳，而太阳原是她所呼求的。
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Be still， my heart， these great trees are prayers.
安静些吧，我的心，这些大树都是祈祷者呀。
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The noise of the moment scoffs at the music of the Eternal.
瞬刻的喧声，讥笑着永恒的音乐。
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I think of other ages that floated upon the stream of life and love and death and are forgotten， and I feel the freedom of passing away.
我想起了浮泛在生与爱与死的川流上的许多别的时代，以及这些时代之被遗忘，我便感觉到离开尘世的自由了。
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The sadness of my soul is her bride's veil.
It waits to be lifted in the night.
我灵魂里的忧郁就是她的新婚的面纱。
这面纱等候着在夜间卸去。
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Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life； making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.
死之印记给生的钱币以价值，使它能够用生命来购买那真正的宝物。
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The cloud stood humbly in a corner of the sky.
The morning crowned it with splendour.
白云谦逊地站在天之一隅。
晨光给它戴上霞彩。
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The dust receives insult and in return offers her flowers.
尘土受到损辱，却以她的花朵来报答。
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Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them， but walk on， for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.
只管走过去，不必逗留着采了花朵来保存，因为一路上花朵自会继续开放的。
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Roots are the branches down in the earth.
Branches are roots in the air.
根是地下的枝。
枝是空中的根。
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The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest.
远远去了的夏之音乐，翱翔于秋间，寻求它的旧垒。
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Do not insult your friend by lending him merits from your own pocket.
不要从你自己的袋里掏出勋绩借给你的朋友，这是污辱他的。
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The touch of the nameless days clings to my heart like mosses round the old tree.
无名的日子的感触，攀缘在我的心上，正像那绿色的苔藓，攀缘在老树的周身。
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The echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original.
回声嘲笑她的原声，以证明她是原声。
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God is ashamed when the prosperous boasts of His special favour.
当富贵利达的人夸说他得到神的特别恩惠时，上帝却羞了。
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I cast my own shadow upon my path， because I have a lamp that has not been lighted.
我投射我自己的影子在我的路上，因为我有一盏还没有燃点起来的明灯。
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Man goes into the noisy crowed to drown his own clamour of silence.
人走进喧哗的群众里去，为的是要淹没他自己的沉默的呼号。