小 草

A Lone Blade Of Grass¹

一棵寂寞无闻的野草，裸露在岁月这堵寥廓荒旷的大墙底下，无依无靠，孤苦伶仃。

守望它的身边，再也没有其他植物与之相伴，甚至连一丝生命的痕迹也没有。惟有古老空旷的土地，还有那幽寂邈远的天宇，构成了这小草的磅礴背景。

偶尔，亦有匆匆南归的雁行掠过天宇时，留下几声凄鸣刺破冥冥寒空，跌宕起伏的回声萦绕不绝，似乎渲染了这一隅的冷寂清幽。

目击叶尖上尚未褪色的焦黄，枝茎上尚未抖落的尘埃，我依稀看见酷日的煎熬和骤风的暴戾。

草儿似乎默默地关注着我。婆娑舒展的枝叶，在我的微笑中摇曳－－带着一个完善自我价值的信念，带着一个独立生命无上的尊严。

我依稀看见，一个笑傲人生者，与骄阳、骤风艰苦地抗争；一个深刻思想者，对孤独，对无助，对平淡，对痛苦的隐忍。

静静地欣赏这棵小草吧！命运对它是冷酷无情的！然而，它，只缘孤寂而自由，只缘无助而刚强，只缘痛苦而淡泊……

带着肃穆，我思想的奔马，从荒野中，驰向未来，魂灵空余中荫生出对这棵卑微野草的崇拜……

At the foot of the huge endless wall of Time², a wild blade of grass is barely visible, lonely and helpless.

There are no other plants around; nor even a trace of life can be found elsewhere³ —the grass stands in sharp contrast against the age-old barren land stretching far and wide under the boundless sky⁴.

The prevailing silence of the sombre sky is broken by cries of wild geese hurriedly returning south as winter's setting in⁵.The echoes remain undulating for quite a while to leave the place all the more quiet and deserted after they die away⁶. I can still find in the yellow tinge of its leaf-tips the imprint of a scorching sun, and in the dust on its stalks the impact of sudden gusts of wind⁷.

The grass seems to pay silent attention to me. It waves its foliage in a graceful dance as if responding to my smile⁸. The message it conveys is a firm faith it has in its own worth and a proud dignity it assumes as an independent living thing⁹.

What I see before me cannot be anything but a scornful watcher of the world¹⁰, a hard fighter¹¹ against the scorching sun and sudden winds, and also a profound thinker capable of enduring all the dullness resulting from solitude and the agony of being isolated with no hope of any help¹².

Try to contemplate while looking at this small blade of grass¹³! The relentless Fate has made things difficult for it, but you will find, being alone, it enjoys complete freedom, being helpless, it possesses tested strength; and being subjected to sufferings, it has become mindless and carefree¹⁴……

In solemnity I let my thoughts run on horseback through the wilderness, galloping from the present to the future¹⁵, and find myself a spontaneous worshipper of the grass, however humble it may be…… 

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