海边
孩子们会集在无边无际的世界的海边。
无垠的天穹静止地临于头上，不息的海水在足下汹涌。孩子们会集在无边无际的世界的海边，叫着，跳着。
他们拿沙来建筑房屋，拿贝壳来做游戏。他们把落叶编成了船，笑嘻嘻地把它们放到大海上。孩子们在世界的海边，做他们的游戏。
他们不知道怎样泅水，他们不知道怎样撒网。采珠的人为了珠潜水，商人们在他们的船上航行，孩子们却只把小圆石聚了又散。他们不搜求宝藏；他们不知道怎样撒网。
大海哗笑着涌起波浪，而海滩的微笑荡漾着淡淡的光芒。致人死命的波涛，对着孩子们唱无意义的歌曲，就像一个母亲在摇动她孩子的摇篮时一样。大海和孩子们一同游戏，而海滩的微笑荡漾着淡淡的光芒。
孩子们会集在无边无际的世界的海边。狂风暴雨飘游在无辙迹的天空上，航船沉碎在无辙迹的海水里，死正在外面活动，孩子们却在游戏。在无边无际的世界的海边，孩子们大会集着。
ON THE SEASHORE
ON the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
The infinite sky is motionless overhead and the restless water isboisterous.On the seashore of endless worlds the children meetwith shouts and dances.
They build their houses with sand,and they play with emptyshells.With withered leaves they weave their boats and smilinglyfloat them on the vast deep.Children have their play on theseashore of worlds.
They know not how to swim,they know not how to cast nets.Pearl-fishers dive for pearls,merchants sail in their ships,whilechildren gather pebbles and scatter them again.They seek notfor hidden treasures,they know not how to cast nets.
The sea surges up with laughter,and pale gleams the smile ofthe sea-beach.Death-dealing waves sing meaningless ballads tothe children,even like amother while rocking her baby’s cradle.The sea plays with children,and pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach.
On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.Tempestroams in the pathless sky,ships are wrecked in the tracklesswater,death is abroad and children play.On the seashore ofendless worlds is the great meeting of children.
