My heart can never fnd its way to where thou keep company with the companionless among the poorest， the lowliest， and the lost.
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把礼赞和数珠撇在一边吧！你在门窗紧闭幽暗孤寂的殿角里，向谁礼拜呢？睁开眼你看，上帝不在你的面前！
他是在锄着枯地的农夫那里，在敲石的造路工人那里。太阳下，阴雨里，他和他们同在，衣袍上蒙着尘土。脱掉你的圣袍，甚至像他一样的下到泥土里去吧！
超脱吗？从哪里找超脱呢？我们的主已经高高兴兴地把创造的锁链戴起，他和我们大家永远联系在一起。
从静坐里走出来吧，丢开供养的香花！你的衣服污损了又何妨呢？去迎接他，在劳动里，流汗里，和他站在一起吧。
Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads！ Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut？Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee！
He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the roadman is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower， and his garment is covered with dust.Put of thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil！
Deliverance？Where is this deliverance to be found？Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation； he is bound with us all for ever.
Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy fowers and incense！ What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained？Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.
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我旅行的时间很长，旅途也是很长的。
天刚破晓，我就驱车起行，穿遍广漠的世界，在许多星球之上留下辙痕。
离你最近的地方，路途最远，最简单的音调，需要最艰苦的练习。
旅客要在每个生人门口敲叩，才能敲到自己的家门，人要在外面到处漂流，最后才能走到最深的内殿。
我的眼睛向空阔处四望，最后才合上眼说：“你原来在这里！”
这句问话和呼唤“呵，在哪儿呢？”融化在千股的泪泉里，和你保证的回答“我在这里！”的洪流，一同泛滥了全世界。
The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.
I came out on the chariot of the frst gleam of light， and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.
It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself， and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune.
The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own， and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.
My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said "Here art thou！"
The question and the cry "Oh， where？" melt into tears of a thousand streams and deluge the world with the food of the assurance "I am！"
13
我要唱的歌，直到今天还没有唱出。
每天我总在乐器上调理弦索。
时间还没有到来，歌词也未曾填好，只有愿望的痛苦在我心中。
花蕊还未开放，只有风从旁叹息走过。
我没有看见过他的脸，也没有听见过他的声音。我只听见他轻蹑的足音，从我房前路上走过。
悠长的一天消磨在为他在地上铺设座位，但是灯火还未点上，我不能请他进来。
我生活在和他相会的希望中，但这相会的日子还没有来到。
The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.
I have spent my days in stringing and in unstring my instrument.
The time has not come true， the words have not been rightly set； only there is the agony of wishing in my heart.
The blossom has not opened； only the wind is sighing by.
I have not seen his face， nor have I listened to his voice； only I have heard his gentle footsteps from the road before my house.
The livelong day has passed in spreading his seat on the foor； but the lamp has not been lit and I cannot ask him into my house.
I live in the hope of meeting with him； but this meeting is not yet.
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我的欲望很多，我的哭泣也很可怜，但你永远用坚决的拒绝来拯救我，这刚强的慈悲已经紧密地交织在我的生命里。
你使我一天一天地更配领受你自动的简单伟大的赐予——这天空和光明，这躯体和生命与心灵——把我从极欲的危险中拯救了出来。
有时候我懈怠地挨延，有时候我急忙警觉寻找我的路向，但是你却忍心地躲藏起来。
你不断地拒绝我，从软弱动摇的欲望的危险中拯救了我，使我一天一天地更配得你完全的接纳。
My desires are many and my cry is pitiful， but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals； and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life through and through.
Day by day thou art making me worthy of the simple， great gifts that thou greatness to me unasked— this sky and the light， this body and the life and the mind— saving me from perils of overmuch desire.
There are times when I languidly linger and times when I awaken and hurry in search of my goal； but cruelly thou hide thyself from before me.
Day by day thou art making me worthy of thy full acceptance by refusing me ever and anon， saving me from perils of weak， uncertain desire.
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我来为你唱歌。在你的厅堂中，我坐在屋角。
在你的世界中，我无事可做，我无用的生命只能放出无目的的歌声。
在你黑暗的殿中，夜半敲起默祷的钟声的时候，命令我吧，我的主人，来站在你面前歌唱。
当金琴在晨光中调好的时候，宠赐我吧，命令我来到你的面前。
I am here to sing thee songs. In this hall of thine I have a corner seat.
In thy world I have no work to do； my useless life can only break out in tunes without a purpose.
When the hour strikes for thy silent worship at the dark temple of midnight， command me， my master， to stand before thee to sing.
When in the morning air the golden harp is tuned， honour me， commanding my presence.
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我接到这世界节日的请柬，我的生命受了祝福。我的眼睛看见了美丽的景象，我的耳朵也听见了醉人的音乐。
在这宴会中，我的任务是奏乐，我也尽力演奏了。
现在，我问，那时间终于来到了吗，我可以进去瞻仰你的容颜，并献上我静默的敬礼吗？
I have had my invitation to this world's festival， and thus my life has been blessed. My eyes have seen and my ears have heard.
It was my part at this feast to play upon my instrument， and I have done all I could.
Now， I ask， has the time come at last when I may go in and see thy face and offer thee my silent salutation？
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我只在等候着爱，要最终把我交在他手里。这是我迟误的原因，我对这延误负疚。
他们要用法律和规章，来紧紧地约束我，但是我总是躲着他们，因为我只等候着爱，要最终把我交在他手里。
人们责备我，说我不理会人，我也知道他们的责备是有道理的。
市集已过，忙人的工作都已完毕，叫我不应的人都已含怒回去。我只等候着爱，要最终把我交在他手里。
I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands. That is why it is so late and why I have been guilty of such omissions.
They come with their laws and their codes to bind me fast； but I evade them ever， for I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.
People blame me and call me heedless； I doubt not they are right in their blame.
The market day is over and work is all done for the busy. Those who came to call me in vain have gone back in anger.I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands.
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云霾堆积，黑暗渐深。呵，爱，你为什么让我独在门外等候？
在中午工作最忙的时候，我和大家在一起，但在这黑暗寂寞的日子，我只企望着你。
若是你不容我见面，若是你完全把我抛弃，真不知将如何度过这悠长的雨天。
我不住地凝望遥远的阴空，我的心和不宁的风一同彷徨悲叹。
C louds heap upon clouds and it darkens. Ah， love， why dost thou let me wait outside at the door all alone？
In the busy moments of the noontide work I am with the crowd， but on this dark lonely day it is only for thee that I hope.
If thou show me not thy face， if thou leave me wholly aside， I know not how I am to pass these long， rainy hours.
