[Ṣāliḥ:] 有一天我回到家，听说父亲前一天派人找过我。我见到他时，他说：“昨天有个人在这儿，我本想让你见见他。那是大约中午的时候，我坐在这里，听见门口有个男人的声音。”

[Ṣāliḥ:] One day I came home and heard that my father had sent for me the day before. When I found him, he said, “There was someone here yesterday I wanted you to meet. It was around noon; I was sitting here and I heard a man at the door.

我不知为何被他吸引。我起身打开了门。门外站着一个晒得黝黑的男人，披着一件皮毛斗篷，头上裹着一块破旧的布。他斗篷里面没有穿衬衫，身上既没有背皮制水囊，也没有拿手杖。我请他进来，他走进了前厅。18.1

Somehow I felt drawn to him. I got up and opened the door. Standing there was a sunburned man wearing a cloak of fur and a ragged piece of cloth on his head. He had no shirt on under the cloak, and he wasn’t carrying a leather water bottle or a staff. I invited him in and he came into the anteroom. 18.1

“‘你是从哪里来的？’我问道。”

“‘Where are you coming from?’ I asked.

"你是从东方来的，"他说，"我要去海岸。如果不是为了你，我本不会进城，但我想来向你致敬。" "你就穿成这样旅行吗？" "是的。"接着他问我："你对弃绝尘世是怎么理解的？" "不把任何东西视为理所当然。"我惊讶地回答。

“‘From the east,’ he said, ‘and I’m heading for the coast. If not for you, I wouldn’t have come into the city, but I wanted to pay my respects.’ “‘Do you travel dressed like that?’ “‘I do.’ Then he asked me: ‘What do you understand by renunciation of the world?’ “‘Not taking anything for granted,’ I answered, surprised.