I have seen the sun break through

我曾看见太阳破云而出

to illuminate a small field

照亮一小块田地，

for a while, and gone my way

就一会儿，然后继续赶路

and forgotten it. But that was the

忘了此事。可那是巨价的

pearl of great price, the one field that had

珍珠，是藏有宝贝的

treasure in it. I realise now

一块田地 。如今我明白

that I must give all that I have

我必须付出所有

to possess it. Life is not hurrying

去将它拥有。生命并非追赶

on to a receding future, nor hankering after

后退的未来，也非追慕

an imagined past. It is the turning

想象的过去，而是转向

aside like Moses to the miracle

一旁，如摩西望见那奇迹

of the lit bush, to a brightness

燃烧的荆丛，面对一种明亮，

that seemed as transitory as your youth

它看似短暂，如你易逝的青春，

once, but is the eternity that awaits you.

却正是等着你的永恒。