第1721朵献给冬儿 37 我说不出这心为什么那样默默地颓丧着。 是为了它那不曾要求,不曾知道,不曾记得的小小的需要。 I cannot tell why this heart languishes in silence. It is for small needs it never asks, or knows or remembers.
第1722朵献给冬儿 38 妇人,你在料理家务的时候,你的手足歌唱着,正如山间的溪水歌唱着在 小石中流过。 Woman, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing like a hill stream among its pebbles.
第1728朵献给冬儿 43 水里的游鱼是沉默的,陆地上的兽类是喧闹的,空中的飞鸟是歌唱着的。 但是,人类却兼有海里的沉默,地上的喧闹与空中的音乐。 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.