What Was Told That

What Was Told, That

What was told to the rose that made it open was said 

to me here in my chest.

What was told the cypress that made it strong

and straight, what was

whispered to the jasmine so it is what it is, whatever made

sugarcane sweet, whatever

was said to the town of Chigil in

Turkestan that makes them

so handsome, whatever lets the pomegranate flower blush

like a human face, that is

being said to me now. I blush. Whatever put eloquence in

language, that's happening here.

The great warehouse doors open, I fill with gratitude,

Chewing a piece of sugarcane,

In love with the one to whom every that belongs.

- Rumi

是什麼在呢喃？是什麼在私語？

是什麼呢喃讓玫瑰花開，也在我心中呢喃。

是什麼私語讓栢杉高挺，茉莉芬芳，甘蔗香甜，

讓土耳其奇集小鎮的居民英俊，石榴花像人臉般發紅，

也正和我私語，讓我臉發紅。

一股讓語言變流利的力量，正在發生。

倉庫的門打開了，我嚼著一段甘蔗，

充滿了恩典，和那無所不在陷入熱戀。

- 問荷詮譯