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I am forever walking upon these shores我永远走在这些岸上betwixt the sand and the foam在沙与沫之间The high tide will erase my foot-prints涨潮会抹掉我的足迹and the wind will blow away the foam海风会吹去这泡沫But the sea and the shore可是海和岸will remain forever却永远存在It was but yesterday仅仅就在昨天I thought myself a fragment我觉得自己只是一块碎片quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life在生命的苍穹中毫无节奏地颤动着Now I know that I am the sphere如今我知道自己就是那苍穹and all life in rhythmic fragments一切生命都是节奏分明的碎片moves within me在我内心律动Remembrance is a form of meeting追忆是一种会面Forgetfulness is a form of freedom遗忘是一种自由My house says to me我的房子对我说Do not leave me不要离开我for here dwells your past这儿住着你的过去And the road says to me路对我说Come and follow me跟我来吧for I am your future我是你的未来And I say to both my house and the road我对房子和路说I have no past我没有过去nor have I a future也没有未来If I stay here如果我留在这儿there is a going in my staying我的留中有去and if I go如果我去那儿there is a staying in my going我的去中有留Only love and death will change all things唯有爱和死亡才能改变一切Strange真怪the desire for certain pleasures渴望某些欢乐is a part of my pain正是我痛苦的