Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure.

你已经使我永生，这样做是你的欢乐。

This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

你不断地把它倒空，又不断地以新生命来充满。

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

这小小的苇笛，你携带着它逾山越谷，从笛管里吹出永新的音乐。

my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea.

我的赞颂像一只欢乐的鸟，振翼飞越海洋。

I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only as a singer I come before thy presence.

我知道你欢喜我的歌唱。我知道只因为我是个歌者，才能走到你的面前.

Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art my lord.

在歌唱中的陶醉，我忘了自己，你本是我的主人，我却称你为朋友。

The light of thy music illumines the world. The life breath of thy music runs from sky to sky.

你的音乐的光辉照亮了世界。你的音乐的气息透彻诸天

The holy stream of thy music breaks through all stony obstacles and rushes on.

你的音乐的圣泉冲过一切阻挡的岩石，向前奔涌。

I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.

请容我懈怠一会儿，来坐在你的身旁。我手边的工作等一下子再去完成。

Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite.

不在你的面前，我的心就不知道什么是安逸和休息

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not!

摘下这朵花来，拿了去罢，不要迟延！

I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust.

我怕它会萎谢了，掉在尘土里。

I fear lest the day end before I am aware, and the time of offering go by.

我怕在我警觉之先，日光已逝，供献的时间过了。

The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.

我旅行的时间很长，旅途也是很长的.

I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light,

and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.

天刚破晓，我就驱车起行，穿遍广漠的世界，在许多星球之上，留下辙痕。

It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself,

离你最近的地方，路途最远.

that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune.

最简单的音调，需要最艰苦的练习.

The blossom has not opened; only the wind is sighing by.

花蕊还未开放；只有风从旁叹息走过。

My desires are many and my cry is pitiful,

我的欲望很多，我的哭泣也很可怜，

but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals

但你永远用坚决的拒绝来拯救我

and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life through and through.

这刚强的慈悲已经紧密地交织在我的生命里.

Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens.

云霾堆积，黑暗渐深

I keep gazing on the far-away gloom of the sky, and my heart wanders wailing with the restless wind.

我不住地凝望遥远的阴空，我的心和不宁的风一同彷徨悲叹。

Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all.

只要我一息尚存，我就称你为我的一切。

That's what i am

I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE