Some time when the river is ice ask me

什么时候当河水成了冰，问问我

mistakes I have made. Ask me whether

犯了些什么错误。问问是否

what I have done is my life. Others

我所做的就是我的人生。别的人

have come in their slow way into

按照他们缓慢的方式进入了

my thought, and some have tried to help

我的思绪，有些人试图帮助

or to hurt: ask me what difference

或伤害：问问我他们最强烈的

their strongest love or hate has made.

爱或恨有什么不同的结果

I will listen to what you say.

你说什么，我都会倾听。

You and I can turn and look

你和我可以转身，打量

at the silent river and wait. We know

那静静的河水，等待。我们知道

the current is there, hidden; and there

水流就在那儿，潜藏着：而且

are comings and goings from miles away

数英里之外有水的来来往往

that hold the stillness exactly before us.

守着我们眼前的这片宁静

What the river says, that is what I say.

河水所说的，正是我的心声。