The Great walks with the Small without fear.

偉大者無(wú)畏于與渺小者同行，而中等者卻避而遠(yuǎn)之。

The bow whispers to the arrow before?

it speeds forth—“Your freedom is mine.”

弓在箭上弦射出前，低聲對(duì)箭說(shuō)：“你的自由就是我的自由?！?/p>

The scabbard is content to be dull?

when it protects the keennessof the sword.

劍鞘保護(hù)鋒利的劍刃，

自己卻甘于滯鈍。

Let not the sword-blade mock?

its handle for being blunt.

不要讓刀鋒譏笑刀柄的拙鈍。

Not hammer-strokes,

but dance of the water?

sings the pebbles into per-fection.

不是槌的敲打，而是水的載歌載舞讓鵝卵石臻于完美。

The sparrow is sorry for the?

peacock at the burden of its tail.

絕不要害怕剎那——永恒之聲這樣唱著。

I thank thee that?

I am none of the wheels of power?

but I am one with the living?

creatures that are crushed by it.

感謝上天我不是權(quán)力巨輪的一員，

但我和被這巨輪碾碎的生靈同在。

The woodcutter’s axe begged

for its handle from the tree.

The tree gave it.

樵夫的斧頭，

問樹討斧柄。

樹便給了他。

Power takes as ingratitude?

the writhings of its victims.

權(quán)勢(shì)將受害者的犧牲與痛苦

視為忘恩負(fù)義。

In darkness the One appears as uniform;?

in the light the One appears as manifold.

在黑暗中“一”以單一化面貌出現(xiàn)，在光明里“一”呈現(xiàn)出多元化。

Darkness travels towards light,?

but blindness towards death.

黑暗走向陽(yáng)光，而盲目走向死亡。

To be outspoken is easy when you do?

not wait to speak the complete truth.

如果你不等待著要說(shuō)出完全的真理，真話說(shuō)出來(lái)是很容易的。

Either you have work or you have not.

When you have to say, "Let us do something",?

then begins mischief.

無(wú)論你有沒有工作必須去做。

當(dāng)你不得不說(shuō)“讓我們做點(diǎn)事吧”，

錯(cuò)誤就此展開。

The burning log bursts in flame and cries,

?—“This is my flower, my death.”

燃燒著的木頭，迸發(fā)出熊熊火光，它在呼喊：“這是我的花朵，我的死亡?！?/p>

Time is the wealth of change,

but the clock in its parody?

makes it mere change and no wealth.

時(shí)間是變化的資產(chǎn)。時(shí)鐘拙劣的模仿，卻只有變化而無(wú)財(cái)富。

Rest belongs to the work

as the eyelids to the eyes.

休息之于工作，正如眼瞼之于眼睛。

That which ends in exhaustion is death,

but the perfect ending is in the endless.

力竭的終點(diǎn)是死亡，

但完美的結(jié)局卻是永無(wú)止境。