Sand and Foam 沙与沫 （4）

作者：Kahlil Gibran（纪伯伦）

译文：冰心

配乐：改自Love Letter - Lemonjam

诵读：Bryan

Seven times have I despised my soul:

曾有七次我鄙视了自己的灵魂：

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
第一次是在她可以上升却谦让的时候。

The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
第二次是我看见她在瘸者面前跛行的时候。

The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
第三次是让她选择难易，而她选了易的时候。

The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
第四次是她做错了事，却安慰自己说别人也同样做错了事。

The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
第五次是她容忍了软弱，而把她的忍受称为坚强。

The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
第六次是当她轻蔑一个丑恶的容颜的时候，却不知道那是她自己的面具中之一。

And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
第七次是当她唱一首颂歌的时候，自己相信这是一种美德。

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

我不知道什么是绝对的真理。但是我对于我的无知是谦虚的，这其中就有了我的荣誉和报酬。

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

在人的幻想和成就中间有一段空间，只能靠他的热望来通过。

Paradise is there, behind that door, in the next room; but I have lost the key.
天堂就在那边，在那扇门后，在隔壁的房里；但是我把钥匙丢了。

Perhaps I have only mislaid it.

也许我只是把它放错了地方。

You are blind and I am deaf and dumb, so let us touch hands and understand.
你瞎了眼睛，我是又聋又哑，因此让我们握起手来互相了解吧。

The significance of man is not in what he attains, but rather in what he longs to attain.
一个人的意义不在于他的成就，而在于他所企求成就的东西。