One day you finally knew

有一天，你终于知道

what you had to do, and began,

你必须做什么，并开始去做，

though the voices around you

虽然你周围的声音

kept shouting

一直喊叫

their bad advice—

他们的坏建议

though the whole house

虽然整个房子

began to tremble

开始发抖

and you felt the old tug

而你感到古老的绳索

at your ankles.

绊住你的脚踝。

"Mend my life!"

“改善我的生活！”

each voice cried.

每个声音哭喊着。

But you didn"t stop.

但你不停止。

You knew what you had to do,

你知道你必须做什么，

though the wind pried

虽然风用它僵硬的手指

with its stiff fingers

撬动

at the very foundations,

这个根基，

though their melancholy

虽然他们的忧郁

was terrible.

着实可怕。

It was already late

天已经

enough, and a wild night,

晚了，一个疯狂的夜晚，

and the road full of fallen

路上塞满了

branches and stones.

断枝和石头。

But little by little,

但是，渐渐地，

as you left their voices behind,

你将他们的声音抛在身后，

the stars began to burn

星星穿透云层

through the sheets of clouds,

散发光辉，

and there was a new voice

一个新的声音出现

which you slowly

你慢慢

recognized as your own,

意识到，它是你自己的声音，

that kept you company

伴随着你

as you strode deeper and deeper

当你越来越深地

into the world,

步入世界，

determined to do

决定去做

the only thing you could do—

你唯一能做的事——

determined to save

决定去拯救

the only life you could save.

你唯一能拯救的生活。