译丘特切夫: 沉默

沉默

[丘特切夫]

沉默吧，藏起来，
藏起你的心情和梦想，
任它们沉浮在你的心底,
静静的如夜空中的星。
细细品味它们吧，默默的。

心怎能表达自己？
谁能知道你，
知道你的秘密？
说出的已非真意，
打开的盒儿又被盖起，
把它们喝下吧，默默的。

懂得活在你的心里，
那是你完全的自己，
令人心醉而充满神秘。
外面的嘈杂会将它们卷走；
炙热的阳光会将它们驱散；
聆听它们的歌唱吧，默默的。

08/03/05

(English version)

Silentium

［ Fyodor Tyuchev］

Be silent, hide yourself, and conceal
Your feelings and your dreams.
Let them rise and let them set
In the depths of your soul
Silently, as stars in the night;
Contemplate them with admiration, and be silent.

How will your heart express itself?
How will another understand you?
Will he understand what it is that you live by?
A thought that is expressed is a falsehood;
By stirring up the springs you will cloud them:
Drink of them, and be silent.

Know how to live within yourself:
There is in your soul a whole world
Of mysterious and enchanted thoughts;
They will be drowned out by the noise without;
Daylight will drive them away;
Listen to their singing, and be silent.