沉默吧 Silentium

Translated by Vladimir Nabokov

Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal

the way you dream, the things you feel.

Deep in your spirit let them rise

akin to stars in crystal skies

that set before the night is blurred:

delight in them and speak no word.

How can a heart expression find?

How should another know your mind?

Will he discern what quickens you?

A thought once uttered is untrue.

Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:

drink at the source and speak no word.

Live in your inner self alone

within your soul a world has grown,

the magic of veiled thoughts that might

be blinded by the outer light,

drowned in the noise of day, unheard…

take in their song and speak no word.

　　　沉 默 吧！

沉默吧，把你的一切情感
和梦想，都藏在自己心间，
就让它们在你的深心，
好似夜空中明亮的星星，
无言地升起，无言地降落，
你可以欣赏它们而沉默。

你的心怎能够吐诉一切？
你又怎能使别人理解？
他怎能知道你心灵的秘密？
说出的思想已经被歪曲。
不如挖掘你内在的源泉，
你可以啜饮它，默默无言。

要学会只在内心里生活——
在你的心里，另有一整个
深奥而美妙的情思世界；
外界的喧嚣只能把它淹灭，
白日的光只能把它冲散，——
听它的歌吧，——不必多言！……（查良铮译）

　　　　　　一八三零年 . 丘特切夫（Tyutchev 1803-1873 俄罗斯诗人）