To carry a secret is to play with fire.

心怀秘密犹如与火为伴。

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Long long ago, a man got the secret news that there was a holy fire burning in a far-away place, so he set out to look for it, hoping that he could manage to fetch its light to his family.

从前，有一个人听说在一个遥远的地方，有一堆圣火在燃烧。于是，他动身离家，前去寻找，希望能给自己的房子带回一些圣火的光亮。他边走边想：“当我得到时圣火的时候，我的生活将会变得幸福，所有我爱的人也将得到幸福。”

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But before he can actually be made present at the actual event of the Nativity, he has to endure something painful and obviously momentous: "from out his secret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire."

但是要想真正能在,基督降生时出现，他不得不忍受一些痛苦，而且是巨大的痛苦：,“从神秘的祭坛外碰到圣火“

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The desire to be first is really central to this poem and it continues in this stanza: Have thou the honor first thy Lord to greet And join thy voice unto the Angel Choir, From out his secret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire.

想得第一的欲望是这首诗的主题,在这一段中也还是主题：,你要抢先，争取最初迎主的荣光,放开你的歌喉，宛若天使的合唱，接触神坛的圣火像是热烈的篇章。

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