| 2. | Me imperturbe , standing at ease in nature , master of all of mistress of all , aplomb in the midst of irrational things , imbued as they , passive , receptive , silent as they , finding my occupation , poverty , notoriety , foibles , crimes , less important than i thought , me toward the mexican sea , or in manhattan or tennessee , or far north or inland , ariver man , or the lakes or kanada , me wherever my life is lived , o to be self - alanced for contingencies , to confront night , storms , hunger , ridicule , accidents , rebuffs , as the trees amd animals do
我镇定，悠然立于自然之间，万物的主人或主妇，坦然面对世间的混乱，正如它们般充盈，温顺娴静，包容四海，才感到我的生计，潦倒，恶名，瑕疵和罪恶，是如此的不名一文，我向着墨西哥海，或在曼哈顿，田纳西，抑或在遥远的北方，深深的内陆做一个渔民、猎手、各州或沿海的农民，抑或是在加拿大，在湖畔，不论我身处何方，都要宠辱不惊，临危不乱，就像树木和动物一样，坚韧面对黑夜风暴，人情冷暖。 |
