让别人去探索那奥秘吧，如果他们可以。

Let others probe the mystery if they can.

那些被时间催逼的囚徒，困于“当为”与“愿为”之间——

Time-harried prisoners of Shall and Will—

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

The right thing happens to the happy man.

鸟儿飞出，鸟儿又飞回；

The bird flies out, the bird flies back again;

山陵转为沟壑，而沟壑依旧；

The hill becomes the valley, and is still;

让别人去深究那奥秘吧，如果他们可以。

Let others delve that mystery if they can.

上帝保佑根本！——灵与肉本是一体！

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

小者成大，大者复归于小；

The small become the great, the great the small;

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

The right thing happens to the happy man.

黑暗之子，他可以飞越太阳，

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

他的存在是唯一，而存在即是一切：

His being single, and that being all:

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

The right thing happens to the happy man.

或者他静坐不动，一个坚实的身影，

Or he sits still, a solid figure when

当自毁者摇晃那共同的墙壁；

The self-destructive shake the common wall;

他尽其所能，汲取那份奥秘，

Takes to himself what mystery he can,

并且，在夜色缓慢来临时赞美变化，

And, praising change as the slow night comes on,

愿其所愿，又交出他的意志，

Wills what he would, surrendering his will

直到那奥秘不再：他不再能做什么。

Till mystery is no more: No more he can.

正当的事总降临在快乐的人身上。

The right thing happens to the happy man.