Henry Van Dyke - Work 汉译

  In field or forest, at the desk or loom,

  In roaring market-place or tranquil room;

Let me but find it in my heart to say,

When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,

  “This is my work; my blessing, not my doom;

Of all who live, I am the one by whom

This work can best be done in the right way.”

Then shall I see it not too great, nor small,

  To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;

  Then shall I cheerful greet the laboring hours,

And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall

  At eventide, to play and love and rest,

  Because I know for me my work is best.