I think of other ages that floated upon the stream of life and love and death and are forgotten, and I feel the freedom of passing away.

我想起了浮泛在生与爱与死的川流上的许多别的时代，以及这些时代之被遗忘，我便感觉到离开尘世的自由了。

The noise of the moment scoffs at the music of the Eternal.

瞬刻的喧声，讥笑着永恒的音乐。

Be still, my heart, these great trees are prayers.

安静些吧，我的心，这些大树都是祈祷者呀。

The mist is like the earth's desire.

It hides the sun for whom she cries.

浓雾仿佛是大地的愿望。

它藏起了太阳，而太阳原是她所呼求的。

Power said to the world, "You are mine."

The world kept it prisoner on her throne.

Love said to the world, "I am thine."

The world gave it the freedom of her house.

权势对世界说道：“你是我的。”

世界便把权势囚禁在她的宝座下面。

爱情对世界说道：“我是你的。”

世界便给予爱情以在它屋内来往的自由。

The birth and death of the leaves are the rapid whirls of the eddy whose wider circles move slowly among stars.

绿叶的生与死乃是旋风的急骤的旋转，它的更广大的旋转的圈子乃是在天上繁星之间徐缓的转动。

The great earth makes herself hospitable with the help of the grass.

大地借助于绿草，显出她自己的殷勤好客。

In darkness the One appears as uniform; in the light the One appears as manifold.

在黑暗中，“一”视如一体；在光亮中，“一”便视如众多。

The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the sword.

刀鞘保护刀的锋利，它自己则满足于它的迟钝。

You are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side," said the dewdrop to the lake.

露珠对湖水说道；“你是在荷叶下面的大露珠，我是在荷叶上面的较小的露珠。”