大地之神_纪伯伦-第5章
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i will to walk the path。
it stretches ever to another dawn。
third god
love triumphs。
the white and green of love beside a lake;
and the proud majesty of love in tower or balcony;
love in a garden or in the desert untrodden;
love is our lord and master。
it is not a wanton decay of the flesh;
nor the crumbling of desire
when desire and self are wrestling;
nor is it flesh that takes arms against the spirit。
love rebels not。
it only leaves the trodden way of ancient destinies for the sacred grove;
to sing and dance its secret to eternity。
love is youth with chains broken;
manhood made free from the sod;
and womanhood warmed by the flame
and shining with the light of heaven deeper than our heaven。
love is a distant laughter in the spirit。
it is a wild assault that hushes you to your awakening。
it is a new dawn unto the earth;
a day not yet achieved in your eyes or mine;
but already achieved in its own greater heart。
brothers; my brothers;
the bride es from the heart of dawn;
and the bridegroom from the sunset。
there is a wedding in the valley。
a day too vast for recording。
second god
thus has it been since the first morn
discharged the plains to hill and vale;
and thus shall it be to the last even…tide。
our roots have brought forth the dancing branches in the valley;
and we are the flowering of the song…scent that rises to the heights。
immortal and mortal; twin rivers calling to the sea。
there is no emptiness between call and call;
but only in the ear。
time maketh our listening more certain;
and giveth it more desire。
only doubt in mortal hushes the sound。
we have outsoared the doubt。
man is a child of our younger heart。
man is god in slow arising;
and betwixt his joy and his pain
lies our sleeping; and the dreaming thereof。
first god
let the singer cry; and let the dancer whirl her feet
and let me be content awhile。
let my soul be serene this night。
perchance i may drowse; and drowsing
behold a brighter world
and creatures more starry supple to my mind。
third god
now i will rise and strip me of time and space;
and i wil dance in that field untrodden;
and the dancers feet will move with my feet;
and i will sing in that higher air;
and a human voice will throb within my voice。
we shall pass into the twilight;
perchance to wake to the dawn of another world。
but love shall stay;
and his finger…marks shall not be erased。
the blessed forge burns;
the sparks rise; and each spark is a sun。
better it is for us; and wiser;
to seek a shadowed nook and sleep in our earth divintiy;
and let love; human and frail; mand the ing day。
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