Lions

Look at these trees
凝视树
Look at this grass
凝视草
Look at those clouds
看云
Look at them now
现在
And look at them now
看他们
Now, look at them now,look at them now
看他们
Take a closer look
靠更近些
Study the raindrops on the leaves
领悟木叶上的雨露
Study the ants on the ground
领悟土地上的蚁群
Study the ground, the brown porous topsoil, its softness
研究泥土 棕色多孔的表土 和它的柔软
The mushrooms and the strange blue flowers that grow near
蘑菇们和旁边的奇异的蓝色花朵
Study this and ask yourself: "Where is God?"
领悟它们 扪心自问 上帝在何处
Back and forth and rounding up
来来回回，四舍五入
Avoiding the loops of the mind
避免思维的循环
This place doesn't know
这个地方不知道
Look at me
看着我
This place doesn't care about the holy scriptures, or how to pronounce and live by the ecclesiastical
这个地方不关心圣经，也不关心教会成员如何宣读和生活。
This is a no-man's land
这里是无人之地
This is a no-God's land
这里是无神之地
Look at those trees again
再一次 凝视树
Look at the bark
凝视树的皮
Look at their height
看到树的顶
Are they not darker than the trees?
他们比树还有黑暗吗
Are they not smaller?
他们难道不是更小
Listen to the wind and the rattling leaves
听那风吹过 还有树叶的响声
It's whispering a pagan psalm
是一曲 轻声呢喃的 异教的 赞美诗
Back and forth and rounding up
来来回回，四舍五入
Avoiding the loops of the mind, mind
避免思维的循环
Back and forth and rounding up
来来回回，四舍五入
Avoiding the loops of the mind, mind
避免思维的循环
To become the untamed, smooth and muscular, like lions of the mind, mind
成为不受约束 平滑而有力的 像心中的狮群
I am, elsewhere
我在别处
I am, all over the place
我 充溢整个空间
I am, like lions
我是狮之群