Yes—the springtimes needed you. Often a star

was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you

out of the distant past, or as you walked

under an open window, a violin

yielded itself to your hearing. All this was mission.

—Duino Elegies, Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

是的——春日需要你。

往往，有一颗星星正等待着你的察觉。

有一阵波浪从遥远的往昔向你涌来，

抑或是，你从一扇敞开的窗户下走过，

有一段小提琴，任凭你聆听。

以上种种，皆为使命。

——《杜伊诺哀歌》莱纳·马利亚·里尔克，诗人

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的路我已经跑过了，所信的道我已经守住了。

—《圣经》

Let's withdraw. And meet the time as it meets us.

让我们泰然自若，与自己的时代狭路相逢。

——莎士比亚