stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.

光明如一个赤身的孩子，快开心活地在绿叶之中游戏，它不晓得人是会顽皮的。
the light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.

瀑布赞扬道：“我失掉自由时便也有歌声了。”
the waterfall sing, "i find my song, when i find my freedom."

心是尖利的，不是宽博的，它顽固在每一点上，却其实不勾当。
the mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.

人对他本人建造起堤防来。
man barricades against himself.

那想做悍贼的，在门外敲着门；那爱人的瞥见门敞开着。
he who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who 恋爱s finds the gate open.

你的偶像委散在尘埃中了，这可证实神的尘土比你的偶像还弘大。
you idol is shattered in the dust to prove that god's dust is greater than your idol.

人不克不及在他的历史中闪现出他自身，他在历史中搏斗着裸露头角。
man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.

我说不出这心为什么那样静静地消极着。
是为了它那不曾要求，不曾晓得，不曾记得的小小的需求。
i cannot tell why this heart languishes in silence.
it is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.

太阳只穿一件朴质的光衣，白云却披了毫光的裙裾。
the sun has his simple rode of light. the clouds are decked with gorgeousness.

这个不行见的黝黑之火焰，以繁星为其火花的，究竟是甚么呢？
what is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?

使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。
let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

绿草是愧心于它所成长的宏壮天下的。
the grass-blade is worthy of the great world where it grows.

山峰如群儿之吵骂，举起他们的双臂，想去捉天上的星星。
the hills are like shouts of children who raise their arms, trying to catch stars.

我的友人，你的语声漂荡在我的内心，象那咸水的低吟声绕缭在静听着的松林之间。
your voice, my friend, wanders in my heart, like the muffled sound of the sea among these listening pines.

妇人，你在料理家务的时辰，你的手足投诉着，正如山间的溪水称扬着在小石中流过。
woman, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing
like a hill stream among its pebbles.