先知国_纪伯伦_-第8章
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you a sign; that you may know i have e back to speak all that is lacking; for god will not suffer himself to be hidden from man; nor his word to lie covered in the abyss of the heart of man。
〃i shall live beyond death; and i shall sing in your ears
even after the vast sea…wave carries me back
to the vast sea…depth。
i shall sit at your board though without a body;
and i shall go with you to your fields; a spirit invisible。
i shall e to you at your fireside; a guest unseen。
death changes nothing but the masks that cover our faces。
the woodsman shall be still a woodsman;
the ploughman; a ploughman;
and he who sang his song to the wind shall sing it also to the moving spheres。〃
and the disciples were as still as stones; and grieved in their heart for that he had said: 〃i go。〃 but no man put out his hand to stay the master; nor did any follow after his footsteps。
and almustafa went out from the garden of his mother; and his feet were swift and they were soundless; and in a moment; like a blown leaf in a strong wind; he was far gone from them; and they saw; as it were; a pale light moving up to the heights。
and the nine walked their ways down the road。 but the woman still stood in the gathering night; and she beheld how the light and the twilight were bee one; and she forted her desolation and her aloneness with his words: 〃i go; but if i go with a truth not yet voiced; that very truth will seek me and gather me; and again shall i e。〃
and now it was eventide。
and he had reached the hills。 his steps had led him to the mist; and he stood among the rocks and the white cypress…trees hidden from all things; and he spoke and said:
〃o mist; my sister; white breath not yet held in a mould;
i return to you; a breath white and voiceless;
a word not yet uttered。
〃o mist; my winged sister mist; we are together now;
and together we shall be till lifes second day;
whose dawn shall lay you; dewdrops in a garden;
and me a babe upon the breast of a woman;
and we shall remember。
〃o mist; my sister; i e back; a heart listening in its depths;
even as your heart;
a desire throbbing and aimless even as your desire;
a thought not yet gathered; even as your thought。
〃o mist; my sister; first…born of my mother;
my hands still hold the green seeds you bade me scatter;
and my lips are sealed upon the song you bade me sing;
and i bring you no fruit; and i bring you no echoes
for my hands were blind; and my lips unyielding。
〃o mist; my sister; much did i love the world; and the world loved me;
for all my smiles were upon her lips; and all her tears were in my eyes。
yet there was between us a gulf of silence which she would not abridge
and i could not overstep。
〃o mist; my sister; my deathless sister mist;
i sang the ancient songs unto my little children;
and they listened; and there was wondering upon their face;
but tomorrow perchance they will forget the song;
and i know not to whom the wind will carry the song。
and though it was not mine own; yet it came to my heart
and dwelt for a moment upon my lips。
〃o mist; my sister; though all this came to pass;
i am at peace。
it was enough to sing to those already born。
and though the singing is indeed not mine;
yet it is of my hearts deepest desire。
〃o mist; my sister; my sister mist;
i am one with you now。
no longer am i a self。
the walls have fallen;
and the chains have broken;
i rise to you; a mist;
and together we shall float upon the sea until lifes second day;
when dawn shall lay you; dewdrops in a garden;
and me a babe upon the breast of a woman。〃
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