飛鳥集22 欣賞

像孩子一樣

２１０

最好的東西不是獨來的，

它伴了所有的東西同來。

the best does not come alone.

it comes with the company of the all.

２１１

神的右手是慈愛的，但是他的左手卻可怕。

god's right hand is gentle, but terrible is his left hand.

２１２

我的晚色從陌生的樹木中走來，它用我的曉星所不懂得的語言說話。

my evening came among the alien trees and spoke in a languagewhich my morning stars did not know.

２１３

夜之黑暗是一只口袋，迸出黎明的金光。

night's darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn.

２１４

我們的欲望 把彩虹的顏色借給那只不過是云霧的人生。

our desire lends the colours of the rainbow to the mere mistsand vapours of life.

２１５

神等待著，要從人的手上把他自己的花朵作為禮物贏得回去。

god waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.

２１６

我的憂思纏繞著我，要問我它自己的名字。

my sad thoughts tease me asking me their own names.

２１７

果的事業是尊貴的，花的事業是甜美的；但是讓我做葉的事業吧，葉是謙遜地，專心地垂著綠蔭的。

the service of the fruit is precious, the service of the flower issweet, but let my service be the service of the leaves in its shade ofhumble devotion.

２１８

我的心向著闌珊的風張了帆，要到無論何處的蔭涼之島去。

my heart has spread its sails to the idle winds for the shadowyisland of anywhere.

２１９

獨夫們是兇暴的，但人民是善良的。

men are cruel, but man is kind.