Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
(The last three lines of Death XXVII by Khalil Gibran)
谧河畅饮兮, 汝定轻歌.
峰巅驻足兮, 汝始登攀.
身躯入土兮, 汝将曼舞.
(纪伯伦 Death XXVII 一诗最后三行)
-- 何人可 译