I count not that day wasted

When some quiet road I wend,

Or see a lovely sunrise,

Or come upon a friend.


I count not that day wasted

When care is put away,

And I throw off the trammels

And clinging of the clay.


I count not that day wasted

When, as such things are wrought,

I shape an aspiration

Or a compelling thought.


I count not that day wasted

When with an eager eye

I look up from the dust trail

And contemplate the sky.

Clarence Edwin Flynn


評價

當我漫步在那寧靜的路上

或看見美麗的朝陽

或邂逅了一位朋友，

我不以為那是荒廢的一天。


當憂慮消失

而我擺脫肉體的

束縛和糾纏時

我不以為那是荒廢的一天。


當我塑造了一個抱負

或一個強而有力的思想

而這些事物已實現時

我不以為那是荒廢的一天。


當我以著熱切的眼光

從塵土飛揚的小徑

凝望到無際的長空時

我不以為那是荒廢的一天。

克倫勞斯 夫林