《他們的秘訣》/魯米

過去有一對夫妻隔三差五就來看我。

在我認識的很多跨入婚姻殿堂的人中間，

他們看起來最快樂。

有一天我就問，「你們的婚姻生活有什麼秘訣啊？

幫幫其他伴侶變得和你們一樣快樂吧。」

這位少婦臉紅了，她丈夫也臉紅了。

我就沒再追問，但我知道答案。

他們的秘訣就是每天都會

花一小時，就像侍奉神靈那樣對待彼此，

然後全心全意地滿足另一半的任何欲求。

有時候這只不過是一件小事情，

譬如手牽手在森林裡漫步，凈化心靈。

肖林振/譯

Their Secret Was

Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207 - 1273

A married couple used to come see me once in

a while. Among the many I knew who were wed,

they appeared the most happy.

One day I said to them, 「What marital advice

could you offer to others that might help them

achieve the grace you found?」

And the young woman blushed and so did her

husband; so I did not press them to answer.

But I knew.

Their secret was this: That once every day, for

an hour, they treated each other as if they were

gods and would, with all their heart, do anything,

anything, their beloved desired.

Sometimes that just meant holding hands and

walking in a forest that renewed their souls.

Rumi, 「Their Secret Was," from the Penguin publication The Purity of Desire: 100 Poems of Rumi.

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