暾將出兮東方 The Sun Rises in the East

暾將出兮東方The sun is about to rise in the east.

暾将出兮东方

在山中住，總要起得早，因爲似醒非醒地眠着，是山中各樣的朋友所憎惡底．破When living in the mountains, one must always rise early, for to lie sleeping in a state between waking and dreaming is detested by all one’s various friends in the mountains. At day-

在山中住，总要起得早，因为似醒非醒地眠着，是山中各样的朋友所憎恶底．破

曉起來，不但可以靜觀彩雲底變幻；break, one may not only quietly watch the transformations of the colored clouds;和細聽鳥語底婉轉；and listen closely to the lilting turns of the birds’ speech;有時還從山巓，樹表，溪影，村sometimes, too, from the mountain peaks, the treetops, the reflections in the streams, and the faces of the villages,

晓起来，不但可以静观彩云底变幻；和细听鸟语底婉转；有时还从山巓，树表，溪影，村

容之中給我們許多不可説不可說的愉快．there comes to us much ineffable delight.

容之中给我们许多不可说不可说的愉快．

我們住在山壓檐牙閣裏，有一次，在曙光初透底時候，大家還在床上眠着，耳邊We were staying in Shanyayan Pavilion. Once, just as the first light of dawn was breaking through, everyone was still asleep in bed, when at our ears

我们住在山压檐牙阁里，有一次，在曙光初透底时候，大家还在床上眠着，耳边

恍惚聽見一隊童男女底歌聲，唱道：we dimly heard the singing of a band of boys and girls:

恍惚听见一队童男女底歌声，唱道：

『榻上人，應覺悟！“You who lie abed, awaken!

『榻上人，应觉悟！

曉鷄頻催三兩度，The dawn-cock has urged you time and again;

晓鸡频催三两度，

君不見——Do you not see—

君不见——

「暾將出兮東方，」‘The sun is about to rise in the east,’

「暾将出兮东方，」

微光已透前村樹？and a faint light already shines through the trees of the village ahead?

微光已透前村树？

榻上人，應覺悟！』You who lie abed, awaken!”

榻上人，应觉悟！』

往後又跟着一節和歌：This was followed by another refrain:

往后又跟着一节和歌：

『暾將出兮東方！“The sun is about to rise in the east!

『暾将出兮东方！

暾將出兮東方！The sun is about to rise in the east!

暾将出兮东方！

會見新曦被四表，Soon the newborn sunlight will clothe the world all around,

会见新曦被四表，

使我樂兮無央．』and make my joy unending.”

使我乐兮无央．』

那歌聲還接着往下唱，可惜離遠了，不能聽得明白．The singing continued, but sadly it receded into the distance, and we could no longer hear the words clearly.

那歌声还接着往下唱，可惜离远了，不能听得明白．

嘯虛對我說：『這不是十年前你在學校裏敎孩子唱底麽？Xiaoxu said to me, “Is that not the song you taught the children at school ten years ago?怎麽會跑到這里唱How has it found its way here to be

啸虚对我说：『这不是十年前你在学校里教孩子唱底么？怎么会跑到这里唱

起來？』sung?”

起来？』

我說：『我也很詫異；I said, “I too am greatly surprised;因爲這首歌，連我自己也早已忘了．』for even I myself had long since forgotten this song.”

我说：『我也很诧异；因为这首歌，连我自己也早已忘了．』

『你底暮氣滿面，當然會把這歌忘掉．我看你現在要用讚美光明底聲音去讚“With the air of decline written all over your face, of course you would forget it. It seems to me that now you mean to use a voice that praises light to praise

『你底暮气满面，当然会把这歌忘掉．我看你现在要用赞美光明底声音去赞

美黑暗哪．』darkness instead.”

我說：『不然，不然，你何嘗了解我？I said, “No, no—how could you ever understand me?本來，黑暗是不足詛咒，光明是毋須讚美底．光In truth, darkness is not worth cursing, nor does light need praising. Light

我说：『不然，不然，你何尝了解我？本来，黑暗是不足诅咒，光明是毋须赞美底．光

明不能增益你什麽，黑暗不能妨害你什麽，你以何因緣而生出差別心來？can add nothing to you, and darkness can do you no harm; through what cause or circumstance, then, have you conceived a mind that distinguishes between them?若說要讚If there must be something to praise,

明不能增益你什么，黑暗不能妨害你什么，你以何因缘而生出差别心来？若说要赞

美底話：在早晨就該讚美早晨；then in the morning one should praise the morning;在日中就該讚美日中；at noon one should praise noon;在黃昏就該讚美黃昏；at dusk one should praise dusk;在長夜in the long night

美底话：在早晨就该赞美早晨；在日中就该赞美日中；在黄昏就该赞美黄昏；在长夜

就該讚美長夜；one should praise the long night;在過去、現在、將來一切時間，就該讚美過去、現在、將來一切時間．說到and at every moment of past, present, and future, one should praise every moment of past, present, and future. As for

就该赞美长夜；在过去、现在、将来一切时间，就该赞美过去、现在、将来一切时间．说到

詛咒，亦復如是．』cursing, the same holds true.”

诅咒，亦复如是．』

那時，朝曦已射在我們臉上，我們立卽起來，計畫那日底游程．By then the morning sunlight was already shining upon our faces. We rose at once and planned that day’s excursion.

那时，朝曦已射在我们脸上，我们立即起来，计画那日底游程．