泰戈尔《新月集》—— 玩具
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玩 具
孩子,你真是快活呀,一早晨坐在泥土里,耍着折下来的小树枝儿。
我微笑地看你在那里耍着那根折下来的小树枝儿。
我正忙着算帐,一小时一小时在那里加叠数字。
也许你在看我,想道:这种好没趣的游戏,竟把你的一早晨的好时间浪费掉了!
孩子,我忘了聚精会神玩耍树枝与泥饼的方法了。
我寻求贵重的玩具,收集金块与银块。
你呢,无论找到什么便去做你的快乐的游戏,我呢,却把我的时间与力气都浪费在
那些我永不能得到的东西上。
我在我的脆薄的独木船里挣扎着要航过欲望之海,意忘了我也是在那里做游戏了。
PLAYTHINGS
CHILD, how happy you are
sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the
morning.
I smile at your play with
that little bit of a broken twig.
I am busy with my
accounts, adding up figures by the hour.
Perhaps you glance at me
and think, 'What a stupid game to spoil your morning
with!'
Child, I have forgotten
the art of being absorbed in sticks and
mud-pies.
I seek out costly
playthings, and gather lumps of gold and
silver.
With whatever you find
you create your glad games, I spend both my time and my strength
over things I never can obtain.
In my frail canoe I
struggle to cross the sea of desire, and forget that I too am
playing a game.