Fireflies had their origin in
China and Japan where thoughts
were very often claimed from
me in my hand writing on fans
and pieces of silk.
《流螢集》來源於我的
中國和日本之行;
人們常常要求我
親筆把我的思想
寫在扇子和絹素上。
1
My fancies are fireflies,----Specks of living light
twinkling in the dark.
我的幻想是壹群螢火蟲，----活躍的火花，閃耀在黑暗裏。
2
The voice of wayside pansies,that do not attract the
careless glance,murmurs in these desultory lines.
路旁的紫羅蘭吸引不了那疏忽的目光，它的聲音卻在這些零星詩句裏呢喃。
3
In the drowsy dark caves of the mind dreams build their
nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan.
在這沈寂晦暗，心的巖洞裏，夢用白天沙漠裏旅行遺落的斷片營造香巢。
4
Spring scatters the petals of flowers that are not for
the fruits of the future,but for the moment's whim.
春天撒播花瓣，不是為了未來的果實，而是為了這壹剎那的妄想。
5
Joy freed from the bond of earth's slumber rushes into
numberless leaves,and dances in the air for a day.
從塵世微寐中解放出來的歡娛，湧進無數葉叢中，淩空飛舞，以竟壹日之歡。
6
My words that are slight
may lightly dance upon time's waves
when my works heavy with import
have gone down.
我的話固然輕微
但當我的作品充滿深重的意義而下沈時，
它們卻可在時間的波濤上婆娑起舞。
7
Mind's underground moths grow filmy wings
and take a farewell flight in the sunset sky.
心底的飛蛾長著薄膜的翅膀在落日的天空作訣別的飛翔。
8
The butterfly counts not months but moments,
and has time enough.
蝴蝶計算的，不是月份，而是剎那，蝴蝶乃擁有充足的時間。
9
My thoughts,like sparks,ride on winged surprises,
carrying a single laughter.
The tree gazes in love at its own beautiful shadow
which yet it never can grasp.
我的思想像火花，帶了樸素的笑容，騎在有翅膀的驚異上，
那樹愛慕地凝視著它美麗的影子，可是永遠抓不到它。
10
Let my love,like sunlight,surround you and yet give
you illumined freedom.
讓我的愛像陽光壹般地圍繞妳並給妳五彩繽紛的自由。
11
Days are coloured bubbles that float upon
the surface of fathomless night.
白天是彩色的泡沫浮動在深不可測的夜的表面上。
12
My offerings are too timid to claim your
remembrance,and therefore you may remember
them.
我的供獻羞澀得不能要求妳記念，因此妳也許會忘記它們。
13
Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden,
but keep my song.
從這禮物上拋棄我的名字吧，如果它是壹種負擔，
但請保存著我的詩歌。
14
April,like a child,writes hieroglyphs on dust
with flowers,wipes them away and forgets.
四月，像個小孩，用花朵把象形文字寫在塵土上，
又把它抹去，而且忘掉。
16
From the solemn gloom of the temple
children run out to sit in the dust,
God watchs them play and forget the
priest.
從那廟宇肅穆的幽暗裏小孩們跑出來坐在
塵灰中，上帝註視他們遊戲卻忘記了那位祭司。
17
My mind starts up at some flash on the
flow of its thoughts like a brook at a
sudden liquid note of its own that is
never repeated.
我的心在思想之流裏因壹閃的光亮而開始活躍，
有如小溪因它自己突然流動的永不再來的音調
而活躍壹般。
18
In the mountain,stillness surges up to
explore its own height;in the lake,
movement stands still to contemplate
its own depth.
山上，靜默湧出探尋它自己的高峻，
湖裏，波浪停息默想它自己的深淵。
19
The departing night's one kiss on the
closed eyes of morning glows in the
star of down.
臨去的夜在早晨閉著的眼睛上壹吻成為晨星中的光彩。
20
Maiden,thy beauty is like a fruit which
is yet to mature,tense with an unyielding secret.
少女啊，妳的美像壹只等待成熟的果實，帶著
倔強的秘密而緊張。
21
Sorrow that has lost its memory is like the
dumb dark hours that have no bird songs but
only the cricket's chirp.
失去了記憶的憂愁像喑啞沈郁的光陰，沒有鳥兒的
歌唱，只有那蟋蟀的唧唧聲。
22
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
with a grip that kill it.
Wishing to hearten a timid lamp great night
lights all her stars.
偏見想把真理安全地握在手裏卻緊緊地捏死了它，
願心想吹燃壹盞羞怯的小燈偉大的夜就點起了她的滿天的星星。
23
Though he holds in his arms the earthbride,
the sky is ever immensely away.
天空雖然想把大地新娘抱在懷裏，卻總是無限遙遠。
24
God seeks comrades and claims love,the Devil seeks
slaves and claims obedience.
上帝尋找同誌而要求愛，魔鬼尋找奴隸而要求服從。
25
The soil in return for her service keeps the tree
tied to her,the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.
土地把樹兒束縛在她身上作為她服務的報酬，
天空卻壹點也不要，就讓它自由。
21
Sorrow that has lost its memory is like the
dumb dark hours that have no bird songs but
only the cricket's chirp.
失去了記憶的憂愁像喑啞沈郁的光陰，沒有鳥兒的
歌唱，只有那蟋蟀的唧唧聲。
22
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
with a grip that kill it.
Wishing to hearten a timid lamp great night
lights all her stars.
偏見想把真理安全地握在手裏卻緊緊地捏死了它，
願心想吹燃壹盞羞怯的小燈偉大的夜就點起了她的滿天的星星。
23
Though he holds in his arms the earthbride,
the sky is ever immensely away.
天空雖然想把大地新娘抱在懷裏，卻總是無限遙遠。
24
God seeks comrades and claims love,the Devil seeks
slaves and claims obedience.
上帝尋找同誌而要求愛，魔鬼尋找奴隸而要求服從。
25
The soil in return for her service keeps the tree
tied to her,the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.
土地把樹兒束縛在她身上作為她服務的報酬，
天空卻壹點也不要，就讓它自由。