交給可奈的作業：譯 One step at a time

送交者: 火狐狸

[原詩]

One step at a time

by Anon.

One step at a time, and that well placed,
We reach the grandest height;
One stroke at a time, earth's hidden stores
Will slowly come to light;
One seed at a time, and the forest grows;
One drop at a time, and the river flows,
Into the boundless sea,

One word at a time, and the greatest book
Is written and is read;
One stone at a time, and the palace rears
Aloft its stately head;
One blow at a time, and the tree's cleft through,
And a city will stand where the forest, grew
A few short years before.

One foe at a time, and be subdued,
And the conflict will be won;

One grain at a time, and the sands of life
Will slowly all be run;
One minute, another, the hours thus fly;
One day at a time, and our lives speed by
Into eternity!

One grair of knowledge, and that well stored,
Another and more on them;
As time rolls on your mind will shine
With many a garnered gem
Of thought and wisdom. And time will tell
"One thing at a time, and that done well,"
Is wisdom's proven rule.

[譯文]

by 火狐狸

不積跬步，無以致千里
不積微鑿，無以掘深礦
不積纖種，無以育森林
不積小流，無以成海洋

不積片言，無以就巨著
不積卵石，無以固宮牆
不積寸鋸，無以裂古木
滄海桑田，密林換市坊

臨敵當忍，一笑泯恩仇
風蝕砂礫，人生轉瞬殤
駒隙長流，韶華逝若水
格物致志，終達智慧光

斯是箴言，歷久彌真朗

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可奈評語：

取之於彼，凌之於彼。
超凡脫俗，璀璨奪目。
風塵絕筆，心血凝成！

又，“臨敵當忍，一笑泯恩仇”已改變原意但境界更勝一籌，
思之再三，不忍刪改，作此說明。

TRT附註：據說可奈已遷《星語心願》，可能改了名。火狐狸也
改名換址，不知所往。