Stary Birds 《飞鸟集》

I cannot choose the best.

The best chooses me.

我不能选择那最好的。

是那最好的选择我。

The word puts off its mask of

vastness to its lover.

It becomes small as one song,

as one kiss of the eternal.

世界对着它的爱人，

把它浩瀚的面具揭下了。

它变小了，

小如一首歌，

小如一回永恒的接吻。

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers

and death like autumn leaves.

使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。

I cast my own shadow upon my path,

because I have a lamp that has not been lighted.

我投射我自己的影子在我的路上，

因为我还有一盏还没有燃点起来的明灯。