Stray Birds飞鸟集

Cheerless is the day, the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world. But I know I am travelling to meet my Friend.

这一天是不快活的。光在蹙额的云下，如一个被责打的儿童，灰白的脸上留着泪痕；风又号叫着，似一个受伤的世界的哭声。但是我知道，我正跋涉着去会我的朋友。

Let me not shame you, Father, who displayest your glory in your children.

让我不至羞辱您吧，父亲，您在您的孩子们身上显出您的光荣。

You will find, Eternal Traveller, marks of your footsteps across my songs.

永恒的旅客”呀，你可以在我的歌中找到你的足迹。

God's silence ripens man's thoughts into speech.

神的静默使人的思想成熟而为语言。

Thou crossest desert lands of barren years to reach the moment of fulfilment.

您越过不毛之年的沙漠而到达了圆满的时刻。

God kisses the finite in his love and man the infinite.

神在他的爱里吻着“有涯”，而人却吻着“无涯”。

Your sunshine smiles upon the winter days of my heart, never doubting of its spring flowers.

您的阳光对着我的心头的冬天微笑，从来不怀疑它的春天的花朵。

Let me feel this world as your love taking form, then my love will help it.

让我感到这个世界乃是您的爱的成形吧，那么，我的爱也将帮助着它。

God waits for man to regain his childhood in wisdom.

神等待着人在智慧中重新获得童年。

The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.

当人微笑时，世界爱了他；当他大笑时，世界便怕他了。