原文：

I am lonely only when I am overtired， when I have worked too long without a break， when for the time being I feel empty and need filling up. And I am lonely sometimes when I come back home after a lecture trip， when I have seen a lot of people and talked a lot， and am full to the brim with experience that needs to be sorted out.

Then for a little while the house feels huge and empty， and I wonder where my self is hiding. It has to be recaptured slowly by watering the plants， perhaps， and looking again at each one as though it were a person， by feeding the two cats， by cooking a meal.

譯文：

只有在我過度勞累的時(shí)候，在我長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不間斷地工作的時(shí)侯，在我感到內(nèi)心空虛，需要充實(shí)的時(shí)候，我才會(huì)感到寂寞。有時(shí)，外出演講回來，見了許多人，講了許多話，心中滿是紛亂的體驗(yàn)需要整理，偶而也會(huì)覺得孤獨(dú)。

于是有那么一會(huì)兒，我會(huì)感到整個(gè)房子非常大，空蕩蕩的。不知此時(shí)的自我又藏匿于何處。這時(shí)，我會(huì)給花草澆澆水，挨個(gè)瞅瞅，仿佛它們是活生生的人一樣，或是喂喂兩只小貓，親手做頓飯菜，這樣自我就慢慢地重新找回。