Sand and Foam 沙与沫 （1）

作者：Kahlil Gibran（纪伯伦）

译文：冰心

配乐：截选自《风の住む街》by 矶村由纪子（《风居住的街道》纯钢琴版）

诵读：Bryan

I AM FOREVER walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever.
我永远在沙岸上行走，

在沙土和泡沫的中间。

高潮会抹去我的脚印，

风也会把泡沫吹走。

但是海洋和沙岸

却将永远存在。

Once I filled my hand with mist.
Then I opened it and lo, the mist was a worm.
And I closed and opened my hand again, and behold there was a bird.
And again I closed and opened my hand, and in its hollow stood a man with a sad face, turned upward.
And again I closed my hand, and when I opened it there was naught but mist.
But I heard a song of exceeding sweetness.
我曾抓起一把烟雾。

然后我伸掌一看，唉哟，烟雾变成一个虫子。

我把手握起再伸开一看，手里却是一只鸟。

我再把手握起又伸开，在掌心里站着一个容颜忧郁，向天仰首的人。

我又把手握起，当我伸掌的时候，除了烟雾以外一无所有。

但是我听到了一支绝顶甜柔的歌曲。

It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life.
Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.
仅仅在昨天，我以为我自己只是一个碎片，无韵律地在生命的穹苍中颤抖。

现在我晓得，我就是那穹苍，一切生命都是在我里面有韵律地转动的碎片。

They say to me in their awakening, "You and the world you live in are but a grain of sand upon the infinite shore of an infinite sea."
And in my dream I say to them, "I am the infinite sea, and all worlds are but grains of sand upon my shore."
他们在觉醒的时候对我说：“你和你所居住的世界，只不过是无边海洋的无边沙岸上的一粒沙子。”

在梦里我对他们说：“我就是那无边的海洋，大千世界只不过是我的沙岸上的沙粒。”

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, "Who are you?"
只有一次把我窘得哑口无言。就是当一个人问我，“你是谁？”的时候。

The first thought of God was an angel.
The first word of God was a man.
想到神的第一个念头是一个天使。

说到神的第一个字眼是一个人。