要爱悲伤。她现在是你的了。给到你手的，

Love sorrow. She is yours now, and you must

你都必须

take care of what has been

照顾好。给她梳头，帮她

given. Brush her hair, help her

穿上小外套，牵着她的手，

into her little coat, hold her hand,

特别是过马路的时候。因为，想想吧

especially when crossing a street. For, think,

要是弄丢了她会怎样？弄丢了她，你自己就成了

what if you should lose her? Then you would be

悲伤；她憔悴的面庞，整夜无眠

sorrow yourself; her drawn face, her sleeplessness

都变成你的。要小心，抚摸

would be yours. Take care, touch

她的额头，让她感到自己

her forehead that she feel herself not so

不孤单。要微笑，让她不至于

utterly alone. And smile, that she does not

完全忘记教训之前的世界。

altogether forget the world before the lesson.

要非常耐心。永远不要

Have patience in abundance. And do not

对她撒谎，不要离开她

ever lie or ever leave her even for a moment

哪怕片刻，也就是说，不要让她感到

by herself, which is to say, possibly, again,

被抛弃。她是奇怪的，静默的，困难的

abandoned. She is strange, mute, difficult,

有时难以控制，但请记住，她是个孩子。

sometimes unmanageable but, remember, she is a child.

奇妙的事情会发生。你也许会看到，

And amazing things can happen. And you may see,

当你们俩

as the two of you go

在晨光中结伴同行，她会

walking together in the morning light, how

一点点放松下来；她环顾四方，

little by little she relaxes; she looks about her;

开始成长。

she begins to grow.