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I sometimes wonder if that is what Krishna meant —
我有時懷疑克里希納說的是否就是這個意思——
Among other things — or one way of putting the same thing:
在別種涵義之外——或者同一件事的另一種說法：
That the future is a faded song, a Royal Rose or a lavender spray
未來是一支消寂的歌，一朵殷紅的玫瑰，或者是
Of wistful regret for those who are not yet here to regret,
一株為那些還沒有到這里來表示悔恨的人們
Pressed between yellow leaves of a book that has never been opened.
留下的永志悔恨的薰衣草，壓在一本從未翻開卻已發黃的書頁之間。
And the way up is the way down, the way forward is the way back.
而向上的路就是向下的路，向前的路就是回頭的路。
You cannot face it steadily, but this thing is sure,
你不能面對它而神色自若，但在件事卻是確切無疑的，
That time is no healer: the patient is no longer here.
時間不是治病的醫生，病人已一去不復返。
When the train starts, and the passengers are settled
當列車啟動的時候，旅客們安頓下來
To fruit, periodicals and business letters
開始品嘗水果、翻閱書刊和公務函件
(And those who saw them off have left the platform)
（前來給他們送行的人們也離開了月臺），
Their faces relax from grief into relief,
隨著漫長時刻催人欲睡的節奏
To the sleepy rhythm of a hundred hours.
他們的臉色從悲痛舒展為輕松。
Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past
旅人們，向前行進吧！在不是從過去
Into different lives, or into any future;
逃往不同的生活，也不是逃往任何未來；
You are not the same people who left that station
你們不是剛才離開那個車站的人群
Or who will arrive at any terminus,
也不是行將到達終點的人們，
While the narrowing rails slide together behind you;
當漸行漸窄的鐵軌在你們后面并成一線；
And on the deck of the drumming liner
當你們的機聲隆隆的輪船甲板上
Watching the furrow that widens behind you,
諦視著船首劈開的波浪在你們后面擴展開去，
You shall not think 'the past is finished'
你們不會想到“往者已矣”
Or 'the future is before us'.
或者“來者可追”。
