第10章 先知和孩子

有一天，先知莎里亞在一個花園裡遇見一個孩子。孩子跑到先知跟前，說道："早上好，先生。"於是先知說："早上好，先生。"一忽兒以後，又說，"我看你是獨自一個人吧。" 孩子哈哈大笑，高高興興地說道："我花了好大功夫才擺脫了我的保姆。她以為我是在那些籬笆後面；可你豈看不到我在這花園裡嗎？"孩子凝望著先知的臉，又說道，稱也是獨自一個人啊。你怎麼對付你的保姆的？ "先知答道："啊，那可是另外一回事了。說句老實話，我沒法兒時常擺脫我的保姆。不過，現在我進入這個花園的時候，保姆正在籬笆背後尋找我呢。 "

孩子拍著手大聲說道："那末，你跟我一樣是迷途失踪的人了！迷途失踪豈不很好嗎？"接著，孩子又問，"你是什麼人戶那人答道："人家管我叫先知莎里亞。你也告訴我，你是什麼人？ ""我只不過是我自己，"孩子說道，餓的保姆正在尋找我，她不知道我在哪兒。" 於是先知凝望著天空說道：戲也是躲開我的保姆一忽兒，不過她會發現我的。 " 孩子說："我知道我的保姆也會發現我的。" 就在這片刻之間，聽得見有個女人在呼喚這孩子的名字。 "瞧，"孩子說，"我告訴你保姆會找到我的。"

與此同時，聽得見另一個聲音在叫喚："莎里亞，你在哪兒？"於是先知說道："瞧，我的孩子，她們也把我找到了。" 莎里亞抬頭仰望天空，回答道："我在這兒啊。" The Prophet And The Child Once on a day the prophet Sharia met a child in a garden. The child ran to him and said, "Good morrow to you, Sir," and the prophet said, "Good morrow to you, Sir." And in a moment, "I see that you are alone."

Then the child said, in laughter and delight, "It took a long time to lose my nurse. She thinks I am behind those hedges; but cant you see that I am here?" Then he gazed at the prophets face and spoke again. "You are alone, too. What did you do with your nurse?" The prophet answered and said, "Ah, that is a different thing. In very truth I cannot lose her oftentime. But now, when I came into this garden, she was seeking after me behind the hedges."

The child clapped his hands and cried out, "So you are like me! Isnt it good to be lost?" And then he said, "Who are you?" And the man answered, "They call me the prophet Sharia. And tell me, who are you?" "I am only myself," said the child, "and my nurse is seeking after me, and she does not know where I am."

Then the prophet gazed into space saying, "I too have escaped my nurse for awhile, but she will find me out." And the child said, "I know mine will find me out too." At that moment a womans voice was heard calling the childs name, "See," said the child, "I told you she would be finding me."

And at the same moment another voice was heard, "Where art thou, Sharia?" And the prophet said, "See my child, they have found me also." And turning his face upward, Sharia answered, "Here I am."