I forgave it its attempt on my life; which was after all one part owing to the unruly winds of heaven that had blown down the tree, one part to my own mismanagement, and only a third part to the river itself, and that not out of malice, but from its great preoccupation over its business of getting to the sea.

我原谅了河流险些夺去我生命的举动；毕竟，三分之一该归于吹倒树木的狂风，三分之一归于我自己的处置失当，只有三分之一归于河流本身，而那也不是恶意，只因它一心忙着奔向大海。