Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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簡介

Oriah Mountain Dreamer，是一位女性，出生在Ontario，居Toronto，加拿大人。

主要作品

The invitation
It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon…
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
生活的邀請函
你為生存做了些什麼，我不關心；
我想知道，
你的追求，
你是否敢於夢想去觸碰你那內心的渴望。
你的年齡多大，我不關心；
我想知道，
你是否願意像傻瓜一樣不顧風險，
——為了愛，夢想還有活著就該有的冒險。
我不關心，是什麼行星牽引著你的月亮，
我想知道，
你是否已觸及自己悲傷的中心，
是否因生活的種種背叛而心胸開闊，
抑或因為害怕更大的痛苦而消沉封閉！
我想知道，
你是否能面對痛苦——我的或者你自己的，
而不必去隱藏、塗抹或修飾。
我想知道，
你是否能享受快樂——我的或者你自己的，
你是否能充滿野性地舞蹈，讓你從指端到足尖都被狂喜所充滿，
而不會告誡我們要小心、要現實、要記住做人的禁忌。
我並不關心你告訴我的故事是否真實，
我想知道，
你是否能為了真實地對待自己而不怕別人失望，
你是否能承受背叛的指責而不出賣自己的靈魂。
我想知道，你是否能拋棄曾經的信念，而因此值得信賴；
我想知道，
你是否能發現美，即使它每天都不漂亮，
你是否能從它的存在中追尋你自己生命的源頭。
我想知道，
你是否能與失敗相伴——你的和我的，
卻依然可以站立在湖邊對著銀色的滿月放聲大喊：
“是的，就是這樣！”
我並不關心你在哪裡生活或者你擁有多少金錢，
我想知道，
在一個悲傷、絕望、厭世和痛徹骨髓的夜晚之後，
你是否能起床，為養育孩子做那些需要的事情。
我並不關心你是誰，你是如何來到這裡，
我想知道，你是否願同我一起站在烈焰的中心，毫不退縮。
我並不關心你在哪裡受到教育、你學了什麼或者你同誰一起學習，
我想知道，
當一切都背棄了你，是什麼在內心支撐你前行。
我想知道，
你是否能孤獨地面對你自己，
你是否真正喜歡那些你在空寂之時留下的朋友。