我醒來是為了睡去，我讓自己緩緩蘇醒
在我不應恐懼的事物裏，我感受到了自己的命運
我走向那必由之處來學習人生
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我們憑借感受思考。據此我們所悟為何？
我聽見自己的存在躍動在耳間
我醒來是為了睡去，我讓自己緩緩蘇醒
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那些極其靠近我身側的人，妳是其中的哪壹個？
上帝保佑這大地！我將輕輕從那裏走過
然後走向我的必由之處來學習人生
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光明引領著大樹；但是誰能闡釋個中奇妙？
卑微的小蟲爬上壹段曲折的樓梯
我醒來是為了睡去，我讓自己緩緩蘇醒
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偉大的自然在妳和我的身上，仍有壹事要做；
所以深吸壹口鮮活的空氣吧，
接著，滿懷喜悅地，走向那必由之處來學習人生
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這種動搖讓我更加堅定，我應當知曉。
那些逝去的東西總是我們所熟視無睹的，並且常伴左右
我醒來是為了睡去，我讓自己緩緩蘇醒
我走向那必由之處來學習人生
The waking
By Theodore Roethke
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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
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We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
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Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
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Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair,
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
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Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
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This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.