But the reality may be like my foot print
And I’m no more than a few grains of sand
And one day I will simply cease to be and exist
And there’s no heavenly reason, or plan.
世事如足迹
我一如沙砾
某天我已去
无因亦无计
In my life I’ve been a fool and a wise man
And there were times that I did do some good
But in the end does it really much matter
If I’ll just be sand in a box made of wood.
我或钝与智
亦曾为善事
终问有何功？
身埋黄土中。
So no matter what’s true and what’s not true
For what I believe then becomes true for me
And no need then to worry about life after death
For what is will continue to be.
我曾有期盼
成幻或成真
终是一场空
完事固其踪
So it doesn’t matter if my flame is extinguished
Or whether I’m an evolving soul
For my purpose is not to increase my own worth
But to advance others I choose as my goal.
我心经火洗
涅褩又重生
不求升我值
但求得我求
My foot print in the sand has now vanished
Swallowed up by the tide and the sea
And while I may be faced with oblivion
I believe that it’s eternity that’s waiting for me.
足迹今已逝
海浪带它去
淡淡遗忘它
应是其真意
T. M. Thompson
