佚 名(譯)
If the day is done,
if birds sing no more,
if the wind has flagged tired,
then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me,
even as thou hast wrapt the earth
with the coverlet of sleep
and tenderly closed the petals
of the drooping lotus at dusk.

假如時光已逝,
鳥兒不再歌唱,
風兒也吹倦了,
那就用黑暗的厚幕把我蓋上,
如同黃昏時節你用睡眠的衾被裹住大地,
又輕輕合上睡蓮的花瓣。
From the traveler,
whose sack of provisions is empty
before the voyage is ended,
whose garment is torn and dust-laden,
whose strength is exhausted,
remove shame and poverty,
and renew his life like a flower
under the cover of thy kindly night.
路途未完,
行囊已空,
衣裳破裂污損,
人已精疲力竭。
你驅散了旅客的羞愧和困窘,
使他在你仁慈的夜幕下,
如花朵般煥發生機。
拉賓德拉納特·泰戈爾(Rabindranath Tagore,1861—1941),印度詩人、文學家、社會活動家、哲學家和印度民族主義者。1913 年,他以《吉檀迦利》成為第一個獲得諾貝爾文學獎的亞洲人,其代表作有《吉檀迦利》《飛鳥集》《眼中沙》等。
這首詩歌告訴我們:在學會承擔責任的同時,去追尋生活的真諦。從煩瑣中明了簡約帶來的清新、自然、舒適和深遠;不注重奢華的外表,不虛榮,不攀比,心淡然,注重精神內涵和情感共鳴,用心感受生活的溫暖和美好。