今天，當柿子熟了

Today when persimmons ripen

今天，當小狐狸鑽出洞穴撲進大雪

Today when fox-kits come out of their den into snow

今天，當帶斑點的蛋釋放鷦鷯的歌

Today when the spotted egg releases its wren song

今天，當楓樹安放它的紅葉

Today when the maple sets down its red leaves

今天，當窗口如約敞開

Today when windows keep their promise to open

今天，當火焰如約驅寒

Today when fire keeps its promise to warm

今天，當你愛的人已逝去

Today when someone you love has died

或你素未謀面的人已逝去

     or someone you never met has died

今天，當你愛的人已出生

Today when someone you love has been born

或你無緣相見的人已出生

     or someone you will not meet has been born

今天，當雨水躍向乾渴的根的等待

Today when rain leaps to the waiting of roots in their dryness

今天，當星光彎向饑餓與疲憊的屋頂

Today when starlight bends to the roofs of the hungry and tired

今天，當有人在他最後的悲傷中久久靜坐

Today when someone sits long inside his last sorrow

今天，當有人跨入她第一次擁抱的熾熱

Today when someone steps into the heat of her first embrace

今天，讓這束光祝福你

Today, let this light bless you

連同朋友們讓它祝福你

With these friends let it bless you

連同雪的氣味和薰衣草祝福你

With snow-scent and lavender bless you

讓今日的誓約放肆、徹底地保存

Let the vow of this day keep itself wildly and wholly

無論說出還是沉默，在你耳內把你驚動

Spoken and silent, surprise you inside your ears

無論睡去還是醒來，在你眼內徑自攤開

Sleeping and waking, unfold itself inside your eyes

讓它的熱烈與溫柔托住你

Let its fierceness and tenderness hold you

讓它的寬廣在你所有的日子裏延續

Let its vastness be undisguised in all your days