（印度） 泰戈尔 著

  冰心 译

                  28

    Obstinate are the trammels, but my

heart aches when I try to break them.

    Freedom is all I want, but to hope for

it I feel ashamed.

    I am certain that priceless wealth is

in thee, and that thou art my best friend,

but I have not the heart to sweep away the

tinsel that fills my room.

    The shroud that covers me is a shroud

of dust and death; I hate it, yet hug it in

love.

    My debts are large, my failures great,

my shame secret and heavy; yet when I

come to ask for my good, I quake in fear

lest my prayer be granted.

               二八

    罗网是坚韧的，但是要撕破它的时

候我又心痛。

    我只要自由，为希望自由我却觉得

羞愧。

    我确知那无价之宝是在你那里，而

且你是我最好的朋友，但我却舍不得清

除我满屋的俗物。

    我身上披的是尘灰与死亡之衣；我

恨它，却又热爱地把它抱紧。

    我的债负很多，我的失败很大，我

的耻辱秘密而又深重；但当我来求福的

时候，我又战栗，唯恐我的祈求得了

允诺。