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When her love beckons you

当爱向你挥手

When her love beckons you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.

当爱挥手召唤你时，跟随着它，尽管它的道路艰难而险峻。

And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

当它展翼拥抱你时，依顺着它，尽管它羽翼中的利刃会伤害你。

Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

它虽可助你成长，也能将你削砍剪枝。

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,

它会攀至你们的高处，轻抚你在阳光下颤动的最柔嫩的枝条，

so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

它也会降至你的根底，动摇你紧紧依附着大地的根须。

But if, in your fear, you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,

但是如果你出于畏惧而去寻求爱的和平与爱的欢乐，

then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,

那你最好掩起自己的赤裸，离开爱的打谷场，

into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

踏入那没有季节的世界，在那里，你会开怀，但不是尽情欢笑，你会哭泣，但不是尽为泪水。

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

融化为一道奔流的溪水，在黑夜吟唱自己的清曲。

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

体会太多温柔带来的痛苦。

To be wounded by your own understanding of love.

被自己对爱的体会所伤害。

And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

心甘情愿的滴血。

And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart.

睡前，为你心中的挚爱祈祷。

THE END