到一块石头里去

Go inside a stone

这将是我要走的路。

That would be my way.

让别人成为一只鸽子

Let somebody else become a dove

或用老虎的牙咬。

Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.

我很高兴成为一块石头。

I am happy to be a stone.

从外面看石头是一个谜：

From the outside the stone is a riddle:

没人知道如何回答。

No one knows how to answer it.

而内在，它一定沉着和安静

Yet within, it must be cool and quiet

即使奶牛以整个体重踩在上面，

Even though a cow steps on it full weight,

即使孩子把它扔到河里：

Even though a child throws it in a river;

石头沉下去，缓慢而镇定地

The stone sinks, slow, unperturbed

到达河底

To the river bottom

那里鱼儿游来敲击它

Where the fishes come to knock on it

和聆听。

And listen.

我曾经看到火花飞出

I have seen sparks fly out

当两块石头摩擦，

When two stones are rubbed,

所以也许它的里面并不黑暗；

So perhaps it is not dark inside after all;

也许有一个月亮

Perhaps there is a moon shining

在某处闪光，就好像在一座小山后——

From somewhere, as though behind a hill—

光线正好足够辨认

Just enough light to make out

这篇奇怪的文字，它内部

The strange writings, the star-charts

墙上的星图。

On the inner walls.