Secret of Greatness
What sluices from a snowy mountain
Secretes under the skin. Warming.
Nov. 01, 2007
伟大的秘密
何必为一座山造屋？
你可以隐身其中。独享。
2007年11月1日
Literal translation of the Chinese:
Why bother building a house for a mountain?
You may hide in it. Enjoy alone.
The two lines for the original English is paralleled on the basis that the Chinese character for “secret” may be broken down into radicals which include “why bother” and “house/cover on a mountain.” To be a hermitage in the mountain is long considered as a way to achieve personal integrity, and of course the greatness of a hermitage is not to “conquer” nature but become an organic part of it. So this is the secret of greatness. This is also why there have been so many poems and artworks with the motifs of cottage and fishing boat and hermits.
英文的直译：
从雪山奔泻而出的
在皮肤下泌渗。温暖着。
由于英文原文中有很多s的声音，读来很丝滑；而另外两个声音则是w和m比较浊暖。这在中文直接翻译中无法体现，于是就改写了。改写诗主要想利用汉字的音形，主要是想拆掉秘密这两个字，变成何必山上加屋。隐士情结一直是中国文人的
传统，一个人的伟大与完善不在于“征服”自然，而是变为自然的有机部分。这便是伟大的秘密。中国古典诗歌和艺术中最常见的motifs就包括茅屋、渔舟和隐士。
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