The Seeker

I sought for my happiness over the world，

Oh， eager and far was my quest;

I sought it on mountain and desert and sea，

I asked it of east and of west.

I sought it in beautiful cities of men，

On shores that were sunny and blue，

And laughter and 1)lyric and pleasure were mine

In palaces 2)wondrous to view;

Oh， the world gave me much to my plea and

my prayer

But never I found 3)aught of happiness there!

Then I took my way back to a valley of old

And a little brown house by a 4)rill，

Where the winds 5)piped all day in the 6)sentinel 7)firs

That guarded the 8)crest of the hill;

I went by the path that my childhood had known

Through the 9)bracken and up by the 10)glen，

And I paused at the gate of the garden to drink

The scent of 11)sweet-briar again;

The homelight shone out through the dusk

as of 12)yore

And happiness waited for me at the door!

追尋幸福

我曾滿世界遍尋我的幸福，

噢，我的追尋熱切而遙遠；

我尋遍了高山、沙漠和海洋，

我問遍了東西方各地。

我找遍了人類的美麗城市，

在陽光燦爛的蔚藍海岸，

在景色奇麗的宮殿中

歡笑、詩詞和快樂全屬于我；

噢，對我的懇求和祈禱，這個世界

賜予良多

但我卻從未在那里找到任何幸福！

接著我返回到一個舊日的山谷中

在一條小溪邊有一間褐色的小房子，

清風在哨兵般的冷杉林間尖聲歌唱

山林守衛著小山的頂峰

我走在從小已熟知的小路上

越過蕨菜地，爬過幽谷，

我在花園的大門前短暫停留

飽吸薔薇的芬芳；

家的燈光在黃昏中閃爍

如同往昔

幸福就在門邊等著我！