Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
长夜将至，我从今开始守望，至死方休。我将不娶妻、不封地、不生子。我将不戴宝冠，不争荣宠。我将尽忠职守，生死於斯。我是黑暗中的利剑，长城中的守卫。我是抵御寒冷的烈焰，破晓时分的光线，唤醒死者的号角，守护王国的铁卫。我将生命与荣耀献给守夜人，今夜如此，夜夜皆然。
——《冰与火之歌的守夜人》
若要随彼女的心意，
今生与佛法的缘分断绝了。
若要往空寂的山岭间去云游，
就把彼女的心愿违背了。
If I reciprocate with the feelings of the girl,
My share in religion during this life will be deprived.
If I wander among the solitary mountain ranges,
It wound be contradictory to the wishes of the girl.
——《第六代达赖喇嘛仓央嘉措情歌》中第22首
for none was worth my strife;
Nature I lov’d,
and next to Nature, Art;
I warm’d both hands before the fire of life;
It sinks,
and I am ready to depart.
我和谁都不争，和谁争我都不屑；
我爱大自然，其次就是艺术；
我双手烤着，生命之火取暖；
火萎了，我也准备走了。
——[英]兰德（杨绛 译）
