The night opens the flowers in secret and allows the day to get thanks.

夜秘密地把花开放了，却让白日去领受谢词。

The Great walks with the Small without fear.

The Middling keeps aloof.

大的不怕与小的同游。

居中的却远而避之。

Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.

沉默蕴蓄着语声，正如鸟巢拥围着睡鸟。

By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

采着花瓣时，得不到花的美丽。

Who is there to take up my duties? asked the setting sun.

I shall do what I can, my Master, said the earthen lamp.

落日问道：“有谁继续我的职务呢？”

瓦灯说道：“我要尽我所能地做去，我的主人。”

This is a dream in which things are all loose and they oppress.

I shall find them gathered in you when I awake and shall be free.

在梦中，一切事都散漫着，都压着我，但这不过是一个梦呀。当我醒来时，我便将觉得这些事都已聚集在你那里，我也便将自由了。

God's great power is in the gentle breeze, not in the storm.

神的巨大的威权是在柔和的微（风思）里，而不在狂风暴雨之中。

My thoughts shimmer with these shimmering leaves and my heart sings with the touch of this sunlight;

My life is glad to be floating with all things into the blue of space, into the dark of time.

我的思想随着这些闪耀的绿叶而闪耀；我的心灵因了这日光的抚触而歌唱；

我的生命因为偕了万物一同浮泛在空间的蔚蓝，时间的墨黑而感到欢快

The world has opened its heart of light in the morning.

Come out, my heart, with your love to meet it.

世界已在早晨敞开了它的光明之心。

出来吧，我的心，带着你的爱去与它相会。

Gaps are left in life through which comes the sad music of death.

生命里留了许多罅隙，从中送来了死之忧郁的音乐。