Starting up from this dream, he felt encompassed by a deep sadness. Worthless, so it seemed to him, worthless and pointless was the way he had been going through life; nothing which was alive, nothing which was in some way delicious or worth keeping he had left in his hands. Alone he stood there and empty like a castaway on the shore. 从这个梦中惊醒后，他感到自己被深沉的悲哀包围着。毫无价值，他觉得自己过的生活真是既无价值又无意义，并没有留下什么生动的东西，也没有留下珍贵的或者值得保存的东西。他孑然孤立，空落落的，就像岸边的一只破船。 With a gloomy mind, Siddhartha went to the pleasure-garden he owned, locked the gate, sat down under a mango-tree, felt death in his heart and horror in his chest, sat and sensed how everything died in him, withered in him, came to an end in him. By and by, he gathered his thoughts, and in his mind, he once again went the entire path of his life, starting with the first days he could remember. When was there ever a time when he had experienced happiness, felt a true bliss? Oh yes, several times he had experienced such a thing. In his years as a boy, he has had a taste of it, when he had obtained praise from the Brahmans, he had felt it in his heart: "There is a path in front of the one who has distinguished himself in the recitation of the holy verses, in the dispute with the learned ones, as an assistant in the offerings." Then, he had felt it in his heart: "There is a path in front of you, you are destined for, the gods are awaiting you." And again, as a young man, when the ever rising, upward fleeing, goalof all thinking had ripped him out of and up from the multitude of those seeking the same goal, when he wrestled in pain for the purpose of Brahman, when every obtained knowledge only kindled new thirst in him, then again he had, in the midst of the thirst, in the midst of the pain felt this very same thing: "Go on! Go on! You are called upon!" He had heard this voice when he had left his home and had chosen the life of a Samana, and again when he had gone away from the Samanas to that perfected one, and also when he had gone away from him to the uncertain. For how long had he not heard this voice any more, for how long had he reached no height any more, how even and dull was the manner in which his path had passed through life, for many long years, without a high goal, without thirst, without elevation, content with small lustful pleasures and yet never satisfied! For all of these many years, without knowing it himself, he had tried hard and longed to become a man like those many, like those children, and inall this, his life had been much more miserable and poorer than theirs, and their goals were not his, nor their worries; after all, that entire world of the Kamaswami-people had only been a game to him, a dance he would watch, a comedy. Only Kamala had been dear, had been valuable to him--but was she still thus? Did he still need her, or she him? Did they not play a game without an ending? Was it necessary to live for this? No, it was not necessary! The name of this game was Sansara, a game for children, a game which was perhaps enjoyable to play once, twice, ten times--but for ever and ever over again? 席特哈尔塔阴郁地走进了一个属于他自己的花园，锁好小门，坐到一棵芒果树下，感受到心中的死亡和胸中的恐惧。他坐在那儿感受到了自己心中如何在衰亡，如何在枯萎，如何在完结。他渐渐地集中了心思，在脑子里再一次回顾了他这辈子走过的路，从他能够想起的最早的日子开始。他什么时候曾体验到一种幸福，感受到一种真正的狂喜呢？噢，对，他也有过好几次这样的经历。在少年时代他就品味过这种欢乐，当他受到婆罗门夸奖时，当他远远超过同龄人，在背诵诗书、与学才辩论以及当祭祀助手都表现得出类拔萃时。那时他心里就感觉到：“一条路摆在你面前，你的使命就是走这条路，神灵在等着你。”到了青年时代，思索的目标不断向上，这使得他从一大群有同样追求的人当中脱颖而出。他在痛苦中思索婆罗门的真谛，每次得到的真知都只是在他心里激起新的渴求，而在渴求当中，在痛苦当中，他又总是听到这个声音：“继续！向前！这就是对你的召唤！！当他离开故乡，选择沙门生活时听见了这声音；当他离开沙门，投奔那位活佛时听见了这声音；当他离开活佛，走进昏沌之中时还是听到了这声音。他已有多久没听见这声音了？他已有多久没有再攀上高峰了？他走过的路是多么平坦和荒凉！好多个漫长的年头，没有崇高的目标，没有渴求，没有提高，满足于小小的欢娱，却又从来没有知足过！这些年，他一直努力和渴望成为一个跟许多人同样的人，跟那些孩子同样的人，可是他自己却不知道，他的生活比他们远为不幸和可怜，因为他们的目标跟也不同，他们的忧虑也跟他不同。像卡马斯瓦密这类人的整个世界对于他只是一场游戏，一场供人观赏的舞蹈，一场悲剧。只有卡玛拉是他真心喜爱的，是他珍惜的——但她还是那样吗？他还需要她呈，还是她需要他？他们不也是在玩一场没完没了的游戏？为这个而活着可有必要？不，没有必要！这游戏叫轮回，是一种儿童玩的游戏，玩起来也许很有趣，一遍，两遍，十遍——可是，就永远这样玩下去么？ Then, Siddhartha knew that the game was over, that he could not play it any more. Shivers ran over his body, inside of him, so he felt, something had died. 这时席特哈尔塔已明白，这游戏已玩到了头，他不能再玩下去了。一阵寒战传遍他全身，他感觉到，内心深处有什么死去了。