seashore sunrise

【on the seashore  Rabindranath Tagore】

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
The infinite sky is motionless overhead
and the restless water is boisterous.
On the seashore of endless worlds
the children meet with shouts and dances.

They build their houses with sand
and they play with empty shells.
With withered leaves they weave their boats
and smilingly float them on the vast deep.
Children have their play on the seashore of worlds.

They know not how to swim, they know not how to cast nets.
Pearl fishers dive for pearls, merchants sail in their ships,
while children gather pebbles and scatter them again.
They seek not for hidden treasures, they know not how to cast nets.

The sea surges up with laughter
and pale gleams the smile of the sea beach.
Death-dealing waves sing meaningless ballads to the children,
even like a mother while rocking her baby's cradle.
The sea plays with children,
and pale gleams the smile of the sea beach.

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
Tempest roams in the pathless sky,
ships get wrecked in the trackless water,
death is abroad and children play.
On the seashore of endless worlds is the
great meeting of children.

【在海边  罗宾德拉纳德 泰戈尔】

孩子们相聚在无垠世界的海边,

辽阔的穹庐在头上静止，不息的海水在脚下汹涌澎湃。

孩子们相聚在无垠世界的海边，欢叫着手舞足蹈。

他们用沙来筑屋，玩弄着空空的贝壳。

他们用落叶编成船，笑着让它们漂浮在深海里。

孩子们在世界的海边自娱自乐。

他们不懂得怎么游泳，他们不晓得怎样撒网。

采珠的人潜水建筑宝珠，商人在船上航行。

孩子们却把鹅卵石拾起又扔掉。

他们不找宝藏，他们不知怎样撒网。

大海欢笑着翻腾浪花，而海滩的微笑泛着暗淡的光。

孩子们相聚在无垠世界的海边。

暴风骤雨在广袤的天穹中怒吼，航船沉寂在无垠的大海里，死亡临近，孩子们却在玩耍。

在无垠世界的海边，有着孩子们盛大的聚会。