The Child-angel

Rabindranath Tagore

The clamour and fight, the doubt and despair, they know no end to their wranglings.

他們喧鬧爭吵，他們猜疑失望，他們爭辯著卻總是沒有結果。

Let your lift come amongst them like a flame of light, my child, unflickering and pure, and delight them into silence.

你的生命融到他們中吧，我的孩子，就像一束明亮的光芒，使他們歡悅而靜謐。

They are cruel in their envy, their words are like hidden knives thirsting for blood.

他們的貪婪和嫉妒是殘酷的;他們的言語，如暗藏的刀，渴望著飲血。

Go and stand amidst their scowling hearts, my child, and let your gentle eyes fall upon them like the forgiving peace of the evening over the strife of the day.

去，站在他們盛怒的心中，我的孩子，把你那和善的目光投到他們身上，仿佛那夜晚的寬容的和平遮蔽了白日的紛擾。

Let them see your face, my child,and thus know the meaning of all things;let them love you and thus love each other.

我的孩子，讓他們看看你的臉，于是他們明白了萬物的意義，讓他們愛你，于是他們能夠相愛。

Come and take your seat in the bosom of the limitless,my child. At sunrise open and raise your heart like a blossoming flower, and at sunset bend your head and in silence com-plate the worship of the day.

來，坐在無垠的懷抱里，我的孩子。日出時，將心敞開，孕育成花朵;夕陽西沉時，低下你的頭，靜靜地完成這一天的膜拜。