石榴（2/2）
《先知》作者：纪伯伦 2017-04-13 15:59
h views; but now that I can weigh and measure things, I see that my hopes were vain.”
And a third seed spoke also, “I see in us nothing that promises so great a future.”
And a fourth said, “But what a mockery our life would be, without a greater future!”
Said a fifth, “Why dispute what we shall be,when we know not even what we are?”
But a sixth replied, “Whatever we are, that we shall continue to be.”
And a seventh said, “l have such a clear idea how everything will be, but I cannot put it into words.”
Then an eighth spoke—and a ninth—and a tenth—and then many—until all were speaking, and I could distinguish nothing for the many voices.
And so I moved that very day into the heart of a quince, where the seeds are few and almost silent.
And a third seed spoke also, “I see in us nothing that promises so great a future.”
And a fourth said, “But what a mockery our life would be, without a greater future!”
Said a fifth, “Why dispute what we shall be,when we know not even what we are?”
But a sixth replied, “Whatever we are, that we shall continue to be.”
And a seventh said, “l have such a clear idea how everything will be, but I cannot put it into words.”
Then an eighth spoke—and a ninth—and a tenth—and then many—until all were speaking, and I could distinguish nothing for the many voices.
And so I moved that very day into the heart of a quince, where the seeds are few and almost silent.