沙灘上的足跡

今天偶爾看到一首英文詩，讀著挺有感覺的。真想給翻譯成中文，我試著翻譯了第一段，但不行，還是請大家幫幫忙吧。

更新：前麵三段是“不鏽鋼碗”的超牛翻譯，致謝。

Foot Prints in the Sand

 

Two foot prints side by side in the sand

Of a father and son on the shore

Two foot prints there for the world to see

But soon to be there nevermore.

父子雙足印

沙上排成行

此時尚可見

瞬息終消亡
 

For the moon shines and the tide comes in

And washes away proof we were here

But is it the same that all that I am 

Will too vanish one day is not clear

 

月明潮汐至

足跡不久長

餘生亦如是

展轉何傍徨

 

But of course I hope I’m eternal

And there’s a reason for why I exist

And I hope there’s a heaven that waits for my soul

And on earth by some I’ll be missed

固欲求永生

奈何定業常

唯盼有天堂

分離心不殤
 

But the reality may be like my foot print

And I’m no more than a few grains of sand

And one day I will simply cease to be and exist

And there’s no heavenly reason, or plan.

 

In my life I’ve been a fool and a wise man

And there were times that I did do some good

But in the end does it really much matter

If  I’ll just be sand in a box made of wood.  

 

So no matter what’s true and what’s not true

For what I believe then becomes true for me

And no need then to worry about life after death

For what is will continue to be.

 

 

So it doesn’t matter if my flame is extinguished

Or whether I’m an evolving soul

For my purpose is not to increase my own worth

But to advance others I choose as my goal.

 

My foot print in the sand has now vanished

Swallowed up by the tide and the sea

And while I may be faced with oblivion

I believe that it’s eternity that’s waiting for me.

 

 

T. M. Thompson