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我請求懈怠一會兒，坐在你身邊。手頭的工作以后再完成。

見不到你，我的心不知止歇，工作就會變成無邊苦海中的苦役。

今日，夏天已來到我的窗前，輕嘆低語；而蜜蜂在繁花盛開的園林里飛來飛去。

現在，是時候和你面對面悄悄坐著，在靜謐閑暇中吟唱生命的獻歌。

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side. The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.

Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite, and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.

Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.

Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.