Let then the flowers come out in my garden， though it is not their time； and let the midday bees strike up their lazy hum.
Full many an hour have I spent in the strife of the good and the evil， but now it is the pleasure of my playmate of the empty days to draw my heart on to him； and I know not why is this sudden call to what useless inconsequence！
90
当死神来叩你门的时候，你将以什么贡献他呢？
呵，我要在我客人面前，摆上我满斟的生命之杯——我决不让它空手回去。
我一切的秋日和夏夜丰美的收获，我匆促的生命中一切获得和收藏，在我临终，死神来叩我的门的时候，我都要摆在他的面前。
On the day when death will knock at thy door what wilt thou offer to him？
Oh， I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life— I will never let him go with empty hands.
All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights， all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life will I place before him at the close of my days when death will knock at my door.
91
呵，你这生命最后的完成，死亡，我的死亡，来对我低语吧！
我天天地在守望着你；为你，我忍受着生命中的苦乐。
我的一切存在，一切所有，一切希望，和一切的爱，总在深深的秘密中向你奔流。你的眼泪向我最后一盼，我的生命就永远是你的。
花环已为新郎编好。婚礼行过，新娘就要离家，在静夜里和她的主人独对了。
O thou the last fulflment of life， Death， my death， come and whisper to me！
Day after day I have kept watch for thee； for thee have I borne the joys and pangs of life.
All that I am， that I have， that I hope and all my love have ever fowed towards thee in depth of secrecy. One fnal glance from thine eyes and my life will be ever thine own.
The flowers have been woven and the garland is ready for the bridegroom. After the wedding the bride shall leave her home and meet her lord alone in the solitude of night.
92
我知道这日子将要来到，当我眼中的人世渐渐消失，生命默默地向我道别，把最后的帘幕拉过我的眼前。
但是星辰将在夜中守望，晨曦仍旧升起，时间像海波的汹涌，激荡着欢乐与哀伤。
当我想到我时间的终点，时间的隔栏便破裂了，在死的光明中，我看见了你的世界和这世界里置弃的珍宝。最低的座位是极其珍奇的，最卑贱的生命恰恰是世间少有的。
我追求而未得到和我已经得到的东西——让它们过去吧，只让我真正地据有了那些我所轻视和忽略的东西。
I know that the day will come when my sight of this earth shall be lost， and life will take its leave in silence， drawing the last curtain over my eyes.
Yet stars will watch at night， and morning rise as before， and hours heave like sea waves casting up pleasures and pains.
When I think of this end of my moments， the barrier of the moments breaks and I see by the light of death thy world with its careless treasures. Rare is its lowliest seat， rare is its meanest of lives.
Things that I longed for in vain and things that I got— let them pass. Let me but truly possess the things that I ever spurned and overlooked.
93
我已经请了假。弟兄们，祝我一路平安吧！我向你们大家鞠了躬就启程了。
我把我门上的钥匙交还——我把房子的所有权都放弃了，我只请求你们最后的几句好话。
我们做过很久的邻居，但是我接受的多，给予的少。现在天已破晓，我黑暗屋角的灯光已灭，召命已来，我就准备启行了。
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell， my brothers！ I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the keys of my door— and I give up all claims to my house. I only ask for last kind words from you.
We were neighbours for long， but I received more than I could give. Now the day has dawned and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
94
在我动身的时光，祝我一路福星吧，我的朋友们！天空里晨光辉煌，我的前途是美丽的。
不要问我带些什么到那边去，我只带着空空的手和企望的心。
我要戴上我婚礼的花冠，我穿的不是红褐色的行装，虽然间关险阻，我心里也没有惧怕。
旅途尽处，晚星将生，从王宫的门口将弹出黄昏的凄乐。
At this time of my parting， wish me good luck， my friends！ The sky is fushed with the dawn and my path lies beautiful.
Ask not what I have with me to take there. I start on my journey with empty hands and expectant heart.
I shall put on my wedding garland. Mine is not the red-brown dress of the traveller， and though there are dangers on the way I have no fear in mind.
The evening star will come out when my voyage is done and the plaintive notes of the twilight melodies be struck up from the King's gateway.
95
当我刚跨过此生的门槛的时候，我并没有发觉。
是什么力量使我在这无边的神秘中开放，像一朵嫩蕊，中夜在森林里开花！
早起我看到光明，我立刻觉得在这世界里我不是一个生人，那不可思议，不可名状的，已以我自己母亲的形象，把我抱在怀里。
就是这样，在死亡里，这同一的不可知者又要以我熟识的面目出现。因为我爱今生，我知道我也会一样地爱死亡。
当母亲从婴儿口中拿开右乳的时候，他就啼哭，但他立刻又从左乳得到了安慰。
I was not aware of the moment when I first crossed the threshold of this life.
What was the power that made me open out into this vast mystery like a bud in the forest at midnight！
When in the morning I looked upon the light I felt in a moment that I was no stranger in this world， that the inscrutable without name and form had taken me in its arms in the form of my own mother.
Even so， in death the same unknown will appear as ever known to me. And because I love this life， I know I shall love death as well.
The child cries out when from the right breast the mother takes it away， in the very next moment to fnd in the left one its consolation.
96
当我走的时候，让这个做我的别话吧，就是说我所看过的是卓绝无比的。
我曾尝过在光明海上开放的莲花里的隐蜜，因此我受了祝福——让这个做我的别话吧。
在这形象万千的游戏室里，我已经游玩过，在这里我已经瞥见了那无形象的他。
我浑身上下因着那无从接触的他的抚摸而喜颤；假如死亡在这里来临，就让它来好了——让这个做我的别话吧。
When I go from hence let this be my parting word， that what I have seen is unsurpassable.
I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light， and thus am I blessed— let this be my parting word.
In this playhouse of infnite forms I have had my play and here have I caught sight of him that is formless.
My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch； and if the end comes here， let it come— let this be my parting word.