Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
你手里的光陰是無限的,我的主。
There is none to count thy minutes.
你的分秒是無法計算的。
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
夜去明來,時代像花開花落。
Thou knowest how to wait.
你曉得怎樣來等待。
Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.
你的世紀,一個接著一個,來完成一朵小小的野花。
We have no time to lose, and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
我們的光陰不能浪費,因為沒有時間,我們必須爭取機緣。
We are too poor to be late.
我們太窮苦了,決不可遲到。
And thus it is that time goes by while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
因此,在我把時間讓給每一個性急的,向我索要時間的人,我的時間就虛度了,最后你的神壇上就沒有一點祭品。
At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate to be shut; but I find that yet there is time.
一天過去,我趕忙前來,怕你的門已經關閉;但是我發現時間還有充裕。