Nature自然

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing.

说实话，很少有人能真正认识自然。大多数人都看不见太阳，或看得相当浮皮潦草。

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me. Not the sun or the summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight; for every hour and change corresponds to and authorizes a different state of the mind, from breathless noon to grimmest midnight.

太阳照进成人的眼睛却能照入儿童的心灵。自然的恋人是那些外在和心灵的眼睛同时张开而且能彼此调节的人;是那些即便步入成年还怀有一颗赤子之心的人，他和天地之间的交流是他每天的食粮，他的心中略过狂喜，尘世的悲伤和他无缘。自然说----他是我的造物，能够抛下一切烦恼的，将会和我一起欣喜。不光是太阳和夏天，每一个时辰和季节都奉献自己特有的快乐,从无风的正午到最阴郁的子夜;因为它们都迎合着不同的心境。