Stray Birds 236
Smoke boasts to the sky, and Ashes to the earth, that they are brothers to the fire.
— Rabindranath Tagore
烟雾向天空吹嘘,灰烬向大地夸耀,自称他们是烈焰的兄弟 - Don't Panic!
Smoke boasts to the sky, and Ashes to the earth, that they are brothers to the fire.
— Rabindranath Tagore
烟雾向天空吹嘘,灰烬向大地夸耀,自称他们是烈焰的兄弟 - Don't Panic!
Do not say, “It is morning,” and dismiss it with a name of yesterday.
See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name.
— Rabindranath Tagore
不要说“这是早晨”,用一个昨天的名字便把它打发了 从第一眼见到它起,就视之为一个无名的新生婴儿吧 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 不要说“这是早晨”,然后又以 昨日 之名将其抛之脑后 从第一眼见到它起,就视之为一个无名的新生婴儿吧 - Don't Panic!
注
:dismiss: if you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it.
a name of yesterday:昨天的名字 <—> “昨天”这个名字?
根据《飞鸟集-私译版》的前辈@小贝壳:将旭日初升的时间称为早晨是昨天的经验,今天是全新的时空,一切都还未知,所以”清晨”是昨天的名字。
The moon has her light all over the sky, her dark spots to herself.
— Rabindranath Tagore
月亮让她的清光照遍夜空,却将暗斑留给自己 - Don't Panic!
In heart’s perspective the distance looms large.
— Rabindranath Tagore
在心的视角中 远方的反而显得突出 - Don't Panic!
注
:If something looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.评
:远方的、思念的,魂牵梦绕却无法得到的…
The same lotus of our clime blooms here in the alien water with the same sweetness, under another name.
— Rabindranath Tagore
和我们那儿一样的莲花在这异地的水中盛放,同样的芬芳、不同的名称 - Don't Panic!
Set bird’s wings with gold and it will never again soar in the sky.
— Rabindranath Tagore
将鸟儿的翅膀缀上黄金,它便再也不能在空中翱翔 - Don't Panic!
Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose.
— Rabindranath Tagore
愿那些有眼看得见玫瑰的人能看到玫瑰的刺 - Don't Panic!
Our names are the light that glows on the sea waves at night and then dies without leaving its signature.
— Rabindranath Tagore
我们的姓名是那夜晚海面的光,在波浪上闪烁 又随之泯灭 不曾留下印记 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 我们的姓名,是那夜晚海波上闪烁而又随之泯灭的光,不曾留下印记 - Don't Panic!
Kicks only raise dust and not crops from the earth.
— Rabindranath Tagore
以脚踹地只能从地上扬起尘土,而无法从地里获得收成 - Don't Panic!
注
:kick即是踢又有表达抱怨不满的意思,又一个双关
The movement of life has its rest in its own music.
— Rabindranath Tagore
生命的乐章在它自己的音乐中休息 - Don't Panic!
注
:movement既有乐章又有运动的意思