纪伯伦：致我们终将远离的子女

愚蠢

Your children are not your children.

你的儿女，其实不是你的儿女。

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子。

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They come through you but not from you,

他们借助你来到这个世界，却非因你而来，

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

他们在你身旁，却并不属于你。

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You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

你可以给予他们的是你的爱，却不是你的想法，

For they have their own thoughts.

因为他们有自己的思想。

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You may house their bodies but not their souls,

你可以庇护的是他们的身体，却不是他们的灵魂，

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

因为他们的灵魂属于明天，属于你做梦也无法达到的明天。

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You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

你可以拼尽全力，变得像他们一样，却不要让他们变得和你一样，

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For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

因为生命不会后退，也不在过去停留。

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

你是弓，儿女是从你那里射出的箭。

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The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

弓箭手望着未来之路上的箭靶，

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and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

他用尽力气将你拉开，使他的箭射得又快又远。

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Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;

怀着快乐的心情，在弓箭手的手中弯曲吧，

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For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

因为他爱一路飞翔的箭，也爱无比稳定的弓。

———（配图为纪伯伦的绘画作品）———

纪·哈·纪伯伦（Khalil Gibran）是美籍黎巴嫩阿拉伯诗人、作家、画家。被称为“艺术天才”、“黎巴嫩文坛骄子”，是阿拉伯现代小说、艺术和散文的主要奠基人，20世纪阿拉伯新文学道路的开拓者之一。其主要作品蕴含了丰富的社会性和东方精神，旨在抒发丰富的情感。

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你是弓，儿女是从你那里射出的箭。