Stray Birds

编者按：《飞鸟集》是印度诗人泰戈尔的代表作之一，它包括325首清丽的无标题小诗。白昼和黑夜、溪流和海洋、自由和背叛，都在泰戈尔的笔下合二为一，短小的语句道出了深刻的人生哲理，引领世人探寻真理和智慧的源泉。

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 sigh.

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth.

The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.

You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.

The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing.

But Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.

The world rushes on over the strings of the lingering heart making the music of sadness.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprises of beauty.

Your voice, my friend, wanders in my heart, like the muffled sound of the sea among these listening pines.

What is this unseen flame of darkness whose sparks are the stars?

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

The touch of the nameless days clings to my heart like mosses round the old tree.