每天早晨，

Every morning

世界

the world

被创造出来，

is created.

在太阳的

Under the orange

橙色光芒中，

sticks of the sun

夜晚

the heaped

堆积的灰尘

ashes of the night

变成叶子，

turn into leaves again

将自己固定在高高的枝条上——

and fasten themselves to the high branches ---

池塘显现了，

and the ponds appear

如同黑布上

like black cloth

开满荷花的

on which are painted islands

岛屿图案。

of summer lilies.

如果你的天性

If it is your nature

是快乐的，

to be happy

你将沿着柔软的小径

you will swim away along the soft trails

游荡几个小时，你的想象

for hours, your imagination

落在每一处。

alighting everywhere.

如果

And if your spirit

你的灵魂

carries within it

携带着

the thorn

比铅垂还沉重的刺——

that is heavier than lead ---

如果你所能做的

if it"s all you can do

是继续跋涉——

to keep on trudging ---

你的内心深处

there is still

仍有

somewhere deep within you

一只野兽在叫喊，土地

a beast shouting that the earth

才是它所需要的——

is exactly what it wanted ---

那么，每个开满荷花的池塘

each pond with its blazing lilies

是一声祈祷，被听见并得到

is a prayer heard and answered

慷慨的回应，

lavishly,

每天早晨，

every morning,

无论你是否曾

whether or not

勇敢地快乐， 

you have ever dared to be happy,

无论你是否曾

whether or not

勇敢地祈祷。

you have ever dared to pray.