If you can see only
what light reveals
and hear
only what sound announces
Then in truth you do not see,
nor do you hear.
假如你只能看到
光所顯示的，
只能聽到
聲所宣告的，
那么實際上你沒有看，
也沒有聽。
（二）
They deem me mad,
because I will not sell
l my days for gold;
And I deem them mad,
because they think my days
have a price.
他們認為我瘋了，
因為我不肯
拿我的光陰去換金錢；
我認為是他們瘋了，
因為他們以為我的光陰
是可以估價的。
※本文作者：佚名※
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