我的思想是我的国度

译者：甜甜

原作：Sir Edward Dyler

我的思想对我是一个国度；
从中找到了现在的欢乐快活，
那是超越一切的喜悦幸福，
为大地所赐及成长的收获。
即使我缺失的却是最应拥有，
思想却禁止我再渴望贪求。


不要王侯般的浮华，财富的宝藏，
不要为获取胜利野蛮的权力，
不要抚慰痛苦的狡诈伎俩，
不要博得同情目光去伪装刻意，
任何一个我都不会奴隶般的屈服。
因为我的思想为我一切祈福。


我常常看到富足如何成了煎熬，
而那些急功近利的人很快摔倒；
我看到高高在上的人如何招摇，
而大部分因不幸的威胁而动摇；
他们艰辛地得到却在恐惧中难保。
而思想却从未让我在担忧里停靠。


知足于生活是我一直以来的坚持；
能够达到满意就不再索求；
敦促自己不要傲慢霸势；
看，我所匮乏的思想为我弥留；
瞧，因此我如国王般的统领，
满足在思想带来的纷呈。


有些人已有太多，却依然贪求；
我只有一点，却不再要更多。
他们贫穷即是很多已有，
我却富裕虽并没有什么。
他们穷，我富；他们乞讨，我则付出；
他们匮乏，我则剩下；他们憔悴，我则幸福。



有些人权衡快乐通过欲望，
把狂暴的意愿归于他们的智慧；
积攒财富成了他们唯一的信仰；
虚伪的诡诈却成了他们技艺的储备。
但我所搜寻所有快乐的时光，
就是让我思想的国度平静与安康。

我不嘲笑别人的失去；
我也不嫉妒别人的获得；
世俗的波涛也不能颠覆我的思绪；
因为我的立场永远固定为一个。
我不畏惧敌人，不谄媚同窗；
我不憎恶生命，也不恐惧死亡。


我的财富是健康和完美地悠闲；
我的良心就是用看来保我平安；
我即不通过贿赂获得青睐，
也不靠欺骗滋生事端。
我生亦如此，死亦如此。
能否所有人的行为与我一致。

修正版

My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is

By Sir Edward Dyer

My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such present joy therein I find
That it excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grows by kind.
Though much I want which most would have,
Yet still my mind forbids to crave.

No princely pomp, nor wealthy store,
No force to win a victory,
No wily wit to salve a sore,
No shape to feed a loving eye;
To none of these I yield as thrall,
For why? my mind despise them all.

I see how plenty suffers oft,
And hasty climbers soon do fall;
I see that those which are aloft
Mishap doth threaten most of all.
They get with toil and keep with fear;
Such cares my mind can never bear.

Content I live, this is my stay
I seek no more than may suffice;
I press to bear no haughty sway;
Look, what I lack my mind supplies.
Lo ! thus I triumph like a king,
Content with that my mind doth bring.

Some have too much, yet still do crave;
I little have, and seek no more.
They are but poor, though much they have,
And I am rich with little store.
They poor, I rich;They beg, I give;
They lack, I leave; They pine, I live

I laugh not at another's loss,
I grudge not at another's gain;
No worldly waves my mind can toss;
My state at one doth still remain.
I fear no foe, I fawn on friend,
I loathe not life, nor dread mine end.

Some weigh their pleasure by their lust,
Their wisdom by their rage of will;
Their treasure is their only trust
Acloaked crft their store of skill.
But all the pleasure that I find
Is to maintain a quiet mind.

My wealth is health and perfect ease,
My conscience clear my chief defence;
I neither seek by bribes to please,
Nor by desert to breed offense.
Thus do I live; thus will I die,--
Would all did so as well as I!

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