1. The Flying Bird

> Once we dreamt that we were strangers.

> We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

> 我们一度梦见彼此是陌生人，可醒来发现彼此是相亲相爱的。

2. What You Are

> What you are you do not see,

> What you see is your shadow.

> 你看不见你自己，你所看到的只是你的影子。

3. Humility and Greatness

> We come nearest to the great

> When we are great in humility.

> 当我们是大为谦卑的时候，便是我们最接近伟大的时候。

4. The World and Its Lover

> The world puts off its mask of vastness

> To its lover. It becomes small as one song,

> As one kiss of the eternal.

> 世界对着它的爱人，把它浩瀚的面具揭下了，它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。

5. The Earth's Tears

> It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.

> 是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。

6. The Desert's Love

> The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass

> Who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.

> 如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。

7. The Cloud and the Morning

> The cloud stood humbly in a corner of the sky.

> The morning crowned it with splendour.

> 白云谦逊地站在天之一隅，晨光给它戴上霞彩。

8. The Dust and the Flowers

> Dust receives insult and in return offers her flowers.

> Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them,

> But walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.

> 尘土受到损辱，却以她的花朵来报答；不要停留采摘花朵，因为一路上花朵自会继续开放。

9. Roots and Branches

> Roots are the branches down in the earth.

> Branches are roots in the air.

> 根是地下的枝，枝是空中的根。

10. The Summer's Music

> The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest.

> 远去的夏之音乐，在秋间翱翔，寻找它旧时的巢穴。

补充说明

创作背景：《飞鸟集》共收录326首诗，英文版由泰戈尔1916年访日时创作，部分译自孟加拉文诗集《碎玉集》。

主题特色：泰戈尔通过飞鸟、自然意象，探讨人类与自然的和谐关系，强调谦卑、爱与永恒。

以上诗歌均以短小精悍的篇幅传递深刻哲理，是《飞鸟集》最具代表性的作品。