The Lost Words Blessing

Enter the wild with care, my love
吾爱，请心怀关爱踏入荒野
And speak the things you see
说出你见到的事物
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
让新的名字生根发芽，茁壮成长
And even as you travel far from heather, crag and river
当你远离石楠、峭壁与河流
May you like the little fisher,
愿你如渔貂
set the stream alight with glitter
用光华点亮溪流
May you enter now as otter
愿你如水獭
without falter into water
入水毫不犹豫

Look to the sky with care, my love
吾爱，请心怀关爱仰望天空
And speak the things you see
说出你见到的事物
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
让新的名字生根发芽，茁壮成长
And even as you journey on past dying stars exploding
当你旅途中经过垂暮爆发的星星
Like the gilded one in flight,
正如飞过的金色那颗
leave your little gifts of light
为你留下光的小赠礼
And in the dead of night my darling,
在夜深人静时，亲爱的
find the gleaming eye of starling
请找寻椋鸟闪亮的眼睛
Like the little aviator,
像位小飞行员
sing your heart to all dark matter
向所有暗物质歌唱你的心灵

Walk through the world with care, my love
吾爱，请心怀关爱走过世界
And sing the things you see
唱出你见到的事物
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow
让新的名字生根发芽，茁壮成长
And even as you stumble
当你蹒跚走过
through machair sands eroding
沿岸的侵蚀沙地
Let the fern unfurl your grieving,
让蕨类舒展你的悲痛
let the heron still your breathing
让鹭鸶安抚你的呼吸
Let the selkie swim you deeper,
让海豹少女伴你游向深处
oh my little silver-seeker
我的小淘银客
Even as the hour grows bleaker,
即使时间越发暗淡
be the singer and the speaker
也要讲述与歌唱
And in city and in forest,
在城市和森林中
let the larks become your chorus
让云雀为你合唱
And when every hope is gone,
当所有希望破灭
let the raven call you home
请渡鸦唤你回家