GOVINDA 戈文达 Together with other monks, Govinda used to spend the time of rest between pilgrimages in the pleasure-grove, which the courtesan Kamala had given to the followers of Gotama for a gift. He heard talk of an old ferryman, who lived one day's journey away by the river, and who was regarded as a wise man by many. When Govinda went back on his way, he chose the path to the ferry, eager to see the ferryman. Because, though he had lived his entire life by the rules, though he was also looked upon with veneration by the younger monks on account of his age and his modesty, the restlessness and the searching still had not perished from his heart. 有一次，戈文达跟其他和尚一起到了名妓卡玛拉送给戈塔马弟子的林苑。他听人说起有个老船夫，就住在离该地大约一天路程的河边，很多人都认为他是个圣贤。于是，戈文达继续上路时就选择了去渡口的路，渴望见到这个船夫。他虽然一辈子都是循规蹈矩地生活，也由于年高德劭而看到年轻和尚敬重，但是他心里那种不安与探求并没有熄灭。 He came to the river and asked the old man to ferry him over, and when they got off the boat on the other side, he said to the old man: "You're very good to us monks and pilgrims, you have already ferried many of us across the river. Aren't you too, ferryman, a searcher for the right path?" 他来到河边，请求老人摆渡，然后在抵达对岸下船时对老人说：“你为我们和尚和朝圣者做了很多好事，摆渡了我们很多人。船夫啊，你也是一个寻求正确路径的探索者吗？” Quoth Siddhartha, smiling from his old eyes: "Do you call yourself a searcher, oh venerable one, though you are already of an old in years and are wearing the robe of Gotama's monks?" 席特哈尔塔眼里含着笑意说：“你自称是个探索者，可敬的人，但是你显然年事已高，怎么还穿着戈塔马弟子的衣服？” "It's true, I'm old," spoke Govinda, "but I haven't stopped searching. Never I'll stop searching, this seems to be my destiny. You too, so it seems to me, have been searching. Would you like to tell me something, oh honourable one?" “我确实老了，”戈文达说，“但是我并没有停止探索。我永远也不会停止探索，这看来是我的命运。我觉得你也探索过，你愿意跟我说说吗，可敬的人？” Quoth Siddhartha: "What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding?" 席特哈尔塔说：“可敬的人呀，我该对你说什么呢？也许是说你探索得太多了？还是说你虽然探索了却并无所得？” "How come?" asked Govinda. “怎么呢？”戈文达问。 "When someone is searching," said Siddhartha, "then it might easily happen that the only thing his eyes still see is that what he searches for, that he is unable to find anything, to let anything enter his mind, because he always thinks of nothing but the object of his search, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by the goal. Searching means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal. You, oh venerable one, are perhaps indeed a searcher, because, striving for your goal, there are many things you don't see, which are directly in front of your eyes." “一个人探索时，”席特哈尔塔说，“很容易眼睛只看他所寻找的事物，结果他什么也找不到，什么也吸收不了，因为他总是只想所找的东西，因为他有一个目标，因为他受这个目标支配。探索就意味着有一个目标。而发现则意味着自由自在，开放随意，没有目标。可敬的人呀，你也许在事实上是个探索者，因为你努力追求你的目标，可是你却看不见某些迫在眼前的东西。” "I don't quite understand yet," asked Govinda, "what do you mean by this?" “我还没完全听明白，”戈文达请求道：“你到底是什么意思？” Quoth Siddhartha: "A long time ago, oh venerable one, many years ago, you've once before been at this river and have found a sleeping man by the river, and have sat down with him to guard his sleep. But, oh Govinda, you did not recognise the sleeping man." 席特哈尔塔说：“哦，可敬的人呀，几年前，你曾经到过这河边一次，在河边见到一个沉睡的人，你就坐在他身边，守护他睡觉。可是，戈文达，你却没认出那个睡觉的人。” Astonished, as if he had been the object of a magic spell, the monk looked into the ferryman's eyes. 那和尚惊讶得就像着了魔，瞪着船夫的眼睛。 "Are you Siddhartha?" he asked with a timid voice. "I wouldn't have recognised you this time as well! From my heart, I'm greeting you, Siddhartha; from my heart, I'm happy to see you once again! You've changed a lot, my friend.--And so you've now become a ferryman?" “你是席特哈尔塔？”他声音怯怯地问，“这一次我也没有认出你！我衷心问候你，席特哈尔塔，很高兴再一次见到你！你的样子真是大变了，朋友。——现在你成船夫啦？” In a friendly manner, Siddhartha laughed. "A ferryman, yes. Many people, Govinda, have to change a lot, have to wear many a robe, I am one of those, my dear. Be welcome, Govinda, and spend the night in my hut." 席特哈尔塔亲切地笑了。“一个船夫，对。戈文达，有些人就得大变样，就得穿各种各样的衣服，我就是他们当中的一个，亲爱的，欢迎你，戈文达，你在我这茅屋里过夜吧。” Govinda stayed the night in the hut and slept on the bed which used to be Vasudeva's bed. Many questions he posed to the friend of his youth, many things Siddhartha had to tell him from his life. 戈文达当晚留在了茅屋里，就睡在瓦苏代瓦原来的床铺上。他向青年时代的好友提出了许多问题，席特哈尔塔给他讲了自己生活中的许多事。