Let others probe the mystery if they can.

让别人去探索那奥秘吧，如果他们可以。

Time-harried prisoners of Shall and Will—

那些被时间催逼的囚徒，困于“当为”与“愿为”之间——

The right thing happens to the happy man.

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

The bird flies out, the bird flies back again;

鸟儿飞出，鸟儿又飞回；

The hill becomes the valley, and is still;

山陵转为沟壑，而沟壑依旧；

Let others delve that mystery if they can.

让别人去深究那奥秘吧，如果他们可以。

God bless the roots!—Body and soul are one!

上帝保佑根本！——灵与肉本是一体！

The small become the great, the great the small;

小者成大，大者复归于小；

The right thing happens to the happy man.

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

Child of the dark, he can out leap the sun,

黑暗之子，他可以飞越太阳，

His being single, and that being all:

他的存在是唯一，而存在即是一切：

The right thing happens to the happy man.

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

Or he sits still, a solid figure when

或者他静坐不动，一个坚实的身影，

The self-destructive shake the common wall;

当自毁者摇晃那共同的墙壁；

Takes to himself what mystery he can,

他尽其所能，汲取那份奥秘，

And, praising change as the slow night comes on,

并且，在夜色缓慢来临时赞美变化，

Wills what he would, surrendering his will

愿其所愿，又交出他的意志，

Till mystery is no more: No more he can.

直到那奥秘不再：他不再能做什么。

The right thing happens to the happy man.

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。