NO Is An Answer

Just a tiny little child

Three years old,

And a mother with a heart

All of gold.

媽媽常告訴她說：

耶穌會聽我們禱告，

因祂總離我們不遠，

Often did that mother say,

Jesus hears us when we pray,

For He's never far away

And He always answers.

但是她卻希望有一雙藍色的，

Now, that tiny little child

Had brown eyes,

And she wanted blue instead

Like blue skies.

因為媽媽的眸子就是藍色的，

像勿忘我草一般。

她相信媽媽的話都是真的：

For her mother's eyes were blue

Like forget-me-nots. She knew

All her mother said was true,

Jesus always answered.

然後說：「晚安！」

So she prayed for two blue eyes,

Said "Good night,"

Went to sleep in deep content

And delight.

一早當她醒來，爬上椅子，

對著鏡子。噢！

藍色的眸子在哪裡呢？不在那兒。

Woke up early, climbed a chair

By a mirror. Where, O where

Could the blue eyes bye? Not there;

Jesus hadn't answered.

根本沒有回答她的禱告。

她無法再禱告了，

Hadn't answered her at all;

Never more

Could she pray; her eyes were brown

As before.

一陣輕柔的微風吹來，

帶著溫柔、悄悄的耳語：

「耶穌已經回答了，

　祂說：『不。』

　難道『不』不是回答嗎？」

Did a little soft wind blow?

Came a whisper soft and low,

"Jesus answered. He said, No;

Isn't No an answer?"

~ by Amy Charmichael

賈艾梅年幼時，禱告要有一雙藍眸子，但她的眸子仍是褐色的。

這也不錯，因為後來賈艾梅去到印度，成為一個勇敢的宣教士。在那裡藍眸子會使她被視為外國人。