相知

无名氏作

平生多少事，
大凡顺人意。
虽历风和雨，
终究称多福。
福祉极至者，
得君一知己。

每逢落维谷，
友人相与语：
“如有艰难事，
相告勿相忘。”
君岂等闲辈，
挺身常及时。

回首人生路，
历历如在几，
惟此最得意：
与君喜相逢，
更喜长相知，
一生心相许！

1985年5月15日试译于长春。2008年1月22日校于纽约

[原诗]

A Friend Like You
by Author Unknown
 
There's lots of things
With which I'm blessed,
Tho' my life's been both Sunny and Blue,
But of all my blessings,
This one's the best:
To have a friend like you.

In times of trouble
Friends will say,
"Just ask... I'll help you through it."
But you don't wait for me to ask,
You just get up And you do it!

And I can think
Of nothing in life
That I could more wisely do,
Than know a friend,
And be a friend,
And love a friend...like you.