[English to Chinese] Rumi's four-line poem
Life is like a guest house
Every morning like a new guest
Happy, depressed, miserly
Sometimes instantaneous consciousness arises
Like an uninvited guest
Welcome and treat all friends
Even if they are a group of sad guests
Rudely sweep your room and take away the furniture
You also have to respect every guest
He will help you clean up and bring joy
- Rumi (Roxana translation)
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain the all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.
Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
Statement of Original Translation (Roxana Translation). The article was originally edited and published by Penguin "Silk Road Literature and Tourism", and synchronized with WeChat public accounts, today's headlines, Zhihu, Weibo, Douban and other platforms.
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