原版英文故事与诗歌：Starshine and Non-being

 　　Starshine asked Non-Being,

 

　　"Master, do you exist? Or do you not exist?"

 

　　Since he received no answer at all,

 

　　Starshine set himself to watch for Non-Being.

 

　　He waited to see if Non-Being would appear.

 

　　He kept his eyes fixed¹ on the deep Void,

 

　　hoping to catch a glimpse of Non-Being.

 

　　All day long he looked.

 

　　He saw nothing.

 

　　He listened.

 

　　He heard nothing.

 

　　Then Starlight cried out at last: "This is IT!"

 

　　"This is the farthest yet! Who can reach it?

 

　　I can understand the absence of Being.

 

　　But who can understand the absence of Nothing?

 

　　If now, on top of all this, Non-Being exists,

 

　　Who can understand it?"

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。