【孩童之道】  （自“新月集”）鄭振鐸譯

　　只要孩子願意，他此刻便可飛上天去。
　　他所以不離開我們，並不是沒有緣故。
　　他愛把他的頭倚在媽媽的胸間，他即使是一刻不見她，也是不行的。
　　孩子知道各式各樣的聰明話，雖然世間的人很少懂得這些話的意義。
　　他所以永不想說，並不是沒有緣故。
　　他所要做的一件事，就是要學習從媽媽的嘴唇里說出來的話。那就是他所以看來這樣天真的緣故。
　　孩子有成堆的黃金與珠子，但他到這個世界上來，卻像一個乞丐。
　　他所以這樣假裝了來，並不是沒有緣故。
　　這個可愛的小小的裸着身體的乞丐，所以假裝着完全無助的樣子，便是想要乞求媽媽的愛的財富。
　　孩子在纖小的新月的世界裡，是一切束縛都沒有的。
　　他所以放棄了他的自由，並不是沒有緣故。
　　他知道有無窮的快樂藏在媽媽的心的小小一隅里，被媽媽親愛的手臂所擁抱，其甜美遠勝過自由。
　　孩子永不知道如何哭泣。他所住的是完全的樂土。
　　他所以要流淚，並不是沒有緣故。
　　雖然他用了可愛的臉兒上的微笑，引逗得他媽媽的熱切的心向着他，然而他的因為細故而發的小小的哭聲，卻編成了憐與愛的雙重約束的帶子。

BABY'S WAY

By Rabindranath Tagore

Translated from the original Bengali by the author

If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.

It is not for nothing that he does not leave us.

He loves to rest his head on mother's bosom, and cannot ever bearto lose sight of her.

Baby knows all manner of wise words, though few on earth canunderstand their meaning.

It is not for nothing that he never wants to speak.

The one thing he wants is to learn mother's words from mother'slips. That is why he looks so innocent.

Baby had a heap of gold and pearls, yet he came like a beggar onto this earth.

It is not for nothing he came in such a disguise.

This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless,so that he may beg for mother's wealth of love.

Baby was so free from every tie in the land of the tiny crescentmoon.

It was not for nothing he gave up his freedom.

He knows that there is room for endless joy in mother's littlecorner of a heart, and it is sweeter far than liberty to becaught and pressed in her dear arms.

Baby never knew how to cry. He dwelt in the land of perfectbliss.

It is not for nothing he has chosen to shed tears.

Though with the smile of his dear face he draws mother's yearningheart to him, yet his little cries over tiny troubles weave thedouble bond of pity and love.