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Then he added, "I pray, too. I go to the pagoda twice a month and incense and pray for the peace and happiness of all the people in the world. I never leave anyone out. I've prayed for you all your life."
然后他又補充道：“我還做禱告。我一個月去兩次寺廟，上香并祈求世界和平、所有人都幸福。我從來沒落下任何一個人。你的一生我都在為你祈禱。”
Shortly thereafter, he pulled his barber's sheet off me as if from a masterpiece. If not totally a new man, I felt like I was refurbished.
稍后，他從我身上拿下了理發店的罩衫，仿若從一件杰作上取下一樣。我感覺自己完全變 了一個形象，如果算不上完全變了一個人的話。
"What do I pay you if I'm very, very happy?" I asked, now quite won over by the original gentleman's arrangement.
“如果我非常非常滿意的話，我應該付給你多少錢？”我問道。我現在已對這位紳士先前的安排心悅誠服了。
"Nothing," he said with unbreakable finality. "That you are happy is big enough payment for me."I protested effusively, of course, even tried leaving the money tucked in the mimosa tree. But it was no good.
“一個子兒也不用付。”他堅決地說。“你的快樂是給我的最大的報酬。”我誠心實意地拒絕，當然，還試圖把錢疊起來放到含羞樹上，但是這樣也沒用。
"You owe me nothing," he said.
“你不欠我的。”他說。
We parted company with a handshake. As I walked away, it struck me that cutting a traveler's hair must be nearly as interesting for the barber as for the traveler. Perhaps I had given him a minor amusement, a new, small way of thinking about himself. He, meanwhile, had given me something much more than a haircut.
我們握手道別。當我離開的時候，我感觸到：給一個游客理發對于游客和理發師來說一定都很有趣，可能我給了他一次小小的娛樂，給了他一個新視角來看待自己。同時，他給予我的也不只是一次理發。
For my haircut not only changed the way I look—but also the way I see.
因為我的這次理發不僅改變了我的外表——也改變了我看問題的方法。
