The captive flower in the King's wreath

smiles bitterly when the meadow-flower envies her.

面對(duì)草地上野花的羨慕，

囚在國(guó)王花冠里的花兒笑得悲苦。

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The lotus offers its beauty to the heaven,

the grass its service to the earth.

蓮花向天空獻(xiàn)出美麗，

小草為大地充當(dāng)仆役。

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Beauty smiles in the confinement of the bud,

in the heart of a sweet incompleteness.

在花蕾的囚牢，

一個(gè)甜美欠缺的中央，

美莞爾而笑。

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Love punishes when it forgives,

and injured beauty by its awful silence.

愛(ài)在寬恕之時(shí)才施懲戒，

它那難堪的沉默卻已令美殘缺。

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The flower which is single

need not envy the thorns

that are numerous.

形單影只的花兒

用不著妒忌

紛紛無(wú)數(shù)的荊棘。

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The rose is a great deal more

than a blushing apology for the thorn.

玫瑰的意義

遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不只是

因棘刺而生的

一份赧然歉意。

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Each rose that comes brings me greetings

from the Rose of an eternal spring.

每一朵開(kāi)放的玫瑰

都帶給我

永恒春天里那朵玫瑰的問(wèn)候。

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Leaves are silences

around flowers which are their words.

葉兒是環(huán)繞花兒的靜默，

花兒是葉兒的語(yǔ)言。

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The shade of my tree is for passers-by,

its fruit for the one for whom I wait.

我的樹(shù)為過(guò)客投下清陰，

果實(shí)則留給我等待的那個(gè)人。

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The fruit that I have gained for ever

is that which thou hast accepted.

我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)失去的收獲

就是蒙你接納的那枚佳果。

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The centre is still and silent in the heart

of an eternal dance of circles.

圓舞永無(wú)休止，

圓心寂然不動(dòng)。

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Form is in Matter, rhythm in Force,

meaning in the Person.

形式由物昭示，

韻律由力節(jié)制，

意義由人詮釋。

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Those thoughts of mine that are never captured by words

perch upon my song and dance.

我那些從未被言語(yǔ)俘獲的思緒

在我的歌聲和舞蹈里棲居。

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The world speaks to me in pictures,

my soul answers in music.

世界用圖畫(huà)對(duì)我說(shuō)話，

我的靈魂用音樂(lè)作答。

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Let the touch of thy finger thrill my life's strings

and make the music thine and mine.

讓你的指尖撥動(dòng)我生命的琴弦，

奏出屬于你我二人的樂(lè)音。

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My songs are to sing

that I have loved Thy singing.

我的歌是為了表明

我愛(ài)上了你的歌聲。

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There are seekers of wisdom and seekers of wealth,

I seek thy company so that I may sing.

世間有人尋求智慧，

也有人尋求財(cái)富，

而我尋求你的陪伴，

是為了歌唱于途。