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Trippers and askers surround me,

People I meet, the effect upon me of myearly life or the ward and

city I live in, or the nation,

The latest dates, discoveries, inventions,societies, authors old and new,

My dinner, dress, associates, looks,compliments, dues,

The real or fancied indifference of someman or woman I love,

The sickness of one of my folks or ofmyself, or ill-doing or loss

or lack of money, or depressions orexaltations,

Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war,the fever of doubtful news,

the fitful events;

These come to me days and nights and gofrom me again,

But they are not the Me myself.

Apart from the pulling and hauling standswhat I am,

Stands amused, complacent, compassionating,idle, unitary,

Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on animpalpable certain rest,

Looking with side-curved head curious whatwill come next,

Both in and out of the game and watchingand wondering at it.

Backward I see in my own days where Isweated through fog with

linguists and contenders,

I have no mockings or arguments, I witnessand wait.

旅行者和探問者圍繞著我，

我所遇到的人民，我早年的生活，或者我所生存的市區(qū)或國家對于我的影響，

最近的消息、新的發(fā)現(xiàn)、發(fā)明、社會、新的和舊的著作家、

我的飲食、衣服、親朋、外表、問候，債務，

我所愛的一些男人或女人的實際的或想象的冷漠，

我的家人或我自己的病患或錯誤、金錢的遺失或缺乏、或抑郁不歡、或者情緒高昂，

戰(zhàn)役、內爭的恐怖、可疑的新聞的狂熱、時緊時松的事件，

這一切日日夜夜接近我，又從我這里離去，

但這一切并不是我。

不管任何人的拉扯，我站立著，

快樂，自足，慈悲，悠閑，昂然地獨立著，

往下看，仍然一直挺著胸膛，或者屈著一條胳臂靠在一個無形的但是可靠的支柱上，

歪著頭看著，好奇地觀望著，且看會有什么事發(fā)生，

自己身在局中而又在局外，觀望著亦為之驚奇。

往回看，我看見了我過去的日子，我流著汗同語言學家和辯論家在云霧中爭斗，

現(xiàn)在我沒有嘲笑和申辯，我只是看著，期待著。