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The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.
I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing 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 floor; 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。
44
This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer.
Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road. My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet.
From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door, and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.
In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone. In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise.
44
阴晴无定,夏至雨来的时节,在路旁等候望,是我的快乐。
从不可知的天空带信来的使者们,向我致意又向前赶路。我衷心欢畅,吹过的风带着清香。
从早到晚我在门前坐着,我知道我一看见你,那快乐的时光便要突然来到。
这时我自歌自笑。这时空气里也充满着应许的芬芳。
45
Have you not heard his silent steps? He comes, comes, ever comes.
Every moment and every age, every day and every night he comes, comes, ever comes.
Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind, but all their notes have always proclaimed, He comes, comes, ever comes.
In the fragrant days of sunny April through the forest path he comes, comes, ever comes.
In the rainy gloom of July nights on the thundering chariot of clouds he comes, comes, ever comes.
In sorrow after sorrow it is his steps that press upon my heart, and it is the golden touch of his feet that makes my joy to shine.
45
你没有听见他静悄的脚步声吗?他正在走来,走来,一直不停地走来。
每一个时间,每一个年代,每日每夜,他总在走来,走来,一直不停地走来。
在许多不同的心情里,我唱过许多歌曲,但在这些歌调里,我总在宣告说:他正在走来,走来,一直不停地走来。
四月芬芳的晴天里,他从林径中走来,走来,一直不停地走来。
七月阴暗的雨夜中,他坐着隆隆的云辇,前来,前来,一直不停地前来。
愁闷相继之中,是他的脚步踏在我的心上,是他的双脚的黄金般的接触,使我的快乐发出光辉。