大河

在大河奔流的卡迪沙流域，两条小溪相会交谈。

一条小溪说："我的朋友，你怎么流过来的，你流过的途径如何？"另一条小溪答道："我的途径是最难走的了。磨坊的水轮坏死了，经常把我从渠道里引导到他的农作物；那儿去的农民死了。我排除着人们的污秽，挣扎着流将下来；那些人啥也不干，只是懒洋洋地晒太阳。不过，我的兄弟，你流过的途径又如何呢？"第一条小溪答道："我的途径截然不同。我从山上芬芳花卉和腼腆杨柳之间流将下来，男男女女用银杯喝水，小孩儿们用玫瑰红的小脚在溪边戏水，我的周围都是欢笑声，还有甜蜜的歌声，你的途径竟那本不愉快，真是遗憾。"

这时候，大河用洪亮的声音说道："流进来吧，流进来吧，咱们要奔流到海里。流进来吧，流进来吧，别多言多语了。现在跟我合流吧。咱们要奔流到海里。流进来吧，流进来吧，因为你们一进人我的河床，就会把你们的流浪忘掉了，不论它是苦是乐。流进来吧，流进来吧。一旦咱们到达咱们的母亲——大海——的心里，你们和我就会把咱们流过的途径都忘掉了。"

The River

In the valley of Kadisha where the mighty river flows, two little streams met and spoke to one another.

One stream said, "How came you, my friend, and how was your path?"

And the other answered, "My path was most encumbered. The wheel of the mill was broken, and the master farmer who used to conduct me from my channel to his plants, is dead. I struggled down oozing with the filth of laziness in the sun. But how was your path, my brother?"

And the other stream answered and said, "Mine was a different path. I came down the hills among fragrant flowers and shy willows; men and women drank of me with silvery cups, and little children paddled their rosy feet at my edges, and there was laughter all about me, and there were sweet songs. What a pity that your path was not so happy."

At that moment the river spoke with a loud voice and said, "Come in, come in, we are going to the sea. Come in, come in, speak no more. Be with me now. We are going to the sea. Come in, come in, for in me you shall forget you wanderings, sad or gay. Come in, come in. And you and I will forget all our ways when we reach the heart of our mother the sea."