我坐在炉火旁思考--托尔金的诗（自译）混

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.

I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.

I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.

我坐在炉火旁思考，

回想那些我目睹的美好，

曾经夏日里的蝴蝶萦绕，

还有那野地里的花花草草。

拨动起深秋曾经的枯槁，

是那些黄叶和蛛丝的飘摇，

带着晨雾与朝阳的银光，

随风落在我的发梢；

我坐在炉火旁思考，

担心这世界会何等地操劳，

当寒冬料峭，

而我期待的暖春却不再跟跑，

这世间仍有那么多的纷纷扰扰，

而我还尚未见到，

在每个树林之中，在每逢春日之早，

都会有独一无二的绿苗；

我坐在炉火旁思考，

想到的人停滞于记忆深处的古老，

还有的人漂流在那样一个世界，

我，永远不得知晓；

就这样我一直坐在那里思考，

回忆着曾经的时光了了，

我侧耳倾听着门外，

等候着归人的步履与吵闹。