T. S. Eliot : Not known, because not looked for

"Joan of Arc Trial by Fire"by Melinda Fox

Not known, because not looked for 

But heard, half-heard, in the stillness

Between two waves of the sea.

不被知曉，只因沒有被尋覓。

但有被聽見，隱約聽見，

於浪潮與浪潮之間的寧靜。



Quick now, here, now, always – 

A condition of complete simplicity

(Costing not less than everything)

快，現在，這裡，此刻，始終如是 —

全然單純之境

(只待你交出一切）



And all shall be well and

All manner of thing shall be well

When the tongues of flames are in-folded 

Into the crowned knot of fire 

And the fire and the rose are one.   

而後一切都好好的，

萬事萬物都好好的，

當火舌向內
竄入火蕊冠冕 —

合而為一的火與玫瑰。

(Mary May 譯 / 摘自 艾略特 《四首四重奏》

最後一首 “The Little Gidding” ）