CHAPTER XX

 MAKE me thy poet, O Night, veiled Night!

 

There are some who have sat speechless for ages in thy shadow; let me utter their songs.

 

Take me up on thy chariot without wheels, running noiselessly from world to world, thou queen in the palace of time, thou darkly beautiful!

 

Many a questioning mind has stealthily entered thy courtyard and roamed through thy lampless house seeking for answers.

 

From many a heart, pierced with the arrow of joy from the hands of the Unknown, have burst forth¹ glad chants, shaking the darkness to its foundation.

 

Those wakeful souls gaze in the starlight in wonder at the treasure they have suddenly found.

 

Make me their poet, O Night, the poet of thy fathomless² silence.

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 fathomless   

a.深不可测的

参考例句：

• "The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice, And darkness masses its endless clouds;" 瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云黪淡万里凝。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Day are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night. 日是五彩缤纷的气泡，漂浮在无尽的夜的表面。