沙滩上的足迹

今天偶尔看到一首英文诗，读着挺有感觉的。真想给翻译成中文，我试着翻译了第一段，但不行，还是请大家帮帮忙吧。

更新：前面三段是“不锈钢碗”的超牛翻译，致谢。

Foot Prints in the Sand

 

Two foot prints side by side in the sand

Of a father and son on the shore

Two foot prints there for the world to see

But soon to be there nevermore.

父子双足印

沙上排成行

此时尚可见

瞬息终消亡
 

For the moon shines and the tide comes in

And washes away proof we were here

But is it the same that all that I am 

Will too vanish one day is not clear

 

月明潮汐至

足迹不久长

余生亦如是

展转何傍徨

 

But of course I hope I’m eternal

And there’s a reason for why I exist

And I hope there’s a heaven that waits for my soul

And on earth by some I’ll be missed

固欲求永生

奈何定业常

唯盼有天堂

分离心不殇
 

But the reality may be like my foot print

And I’m no more than a few grains of sand

And one day I will simply cease to be and exist

And there’s no heavenly reason, or plan.

 

In my life I’ve been a fool and a wise man

And there were times that I did do some good

But in the end does it really much matter

If  I’ll just be sand in a box made of wood.  

 

So no matter what’s true and what’s not true

For what I believe then becomes true for me

And no need then to worry about life after death

For what is will continue to be.

 

 

So it doesn’t matter if my flame is extinguished

Or whether I’m an evolving soul

For my purpose is not to increase my own worth

But to advance others I choose as my goal.

 

My foot print in the sand has now vanished

Swallowed up by the tide and the sea

And while I may be faced with oblivion

I believe that it’s eternity that’s waiting for me.

 

 

T. M. Thompson