頌詩譯選

我若能關上那道門

凌風 譯

我若能關上那道通往思想的門
　　使憂傷不能進到這屋內，
我若能勾消所有記憶的舊帳
　　不再想到過失和所犯的罪：
我的靈魂多麼明淨清潔自由安息，
免除了這些可厭的伴隨！
或是在我心外另有別房
　　不跟我的良知那麼鄰近，
使我能把罪念寄放在那裏
　　喧鬧的喊聲就不再聽聞；
享受何等的平靜安逸和喜樂，
再不讓它擾害壓制我的靈魂！
但，我的救主，是我的避難所，
　　你奇妙的恩典在罪與我的中間，
成為我心分別的牆垣
　　使我得以暢然的享受安眠；
使我裏面有和平喜樂與安息，
永遠的和我的罪隔斷。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 佚名

If I Could Shut the Gate

If I could shut the gate against my thoughts
　　And keep out sorrow from this room within,
Or memory could cancel all the notes
　　Of my misdeeds, and I unthink my sin:
How free, how clear, how clean my soul should lie,
Discharged of such a loathsome company!
Or were there other rooms without my heart
　　That did not to my conscience join so near,
Where I might lodge the thoughts of sin apart
　　There I might not their clam'rous crying hear;
What peace, what joy, what ease should I possess,
Freed from their horrors that my soul oppress!
But, O my Saviour, who my refuge art,
　　Let thy dear mercies stand 'twixt them and me,
And be the wall to separate my heart
　　So that I may at length repose me free;
That peace, and joy, and rest may be within,
And I remain divided from my sin.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Anonymous