Sand and Foam 沙与沫 （6）

作者：Kahlil Gibran（纪伯伦）

译文：冰心

配乐：雨幕 - 灵空GTech

诵读：Bryan

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

幽默感就是分寸感。

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

当人们夸奖我多言的过失，责备我沉默的美德的时候，我的寂寞就产生了。

When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.

当生命找不到一个歌唱家来唱出她的心情的时候，她就产生一个哲学家来说出她的心思。

A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.

真理是常久被人知道的，有时被人说出的。

The real in us is silent; the acquired is talkative.

我们的真实的我是沉默的；后天的我是多嘴的。

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.

我的生命内的声音达不到你的生命内的耳朵；但是为了避免寂寞，就让我们交谈吧。

When two women talk they say nothing; when one woman speaks she reveals all of life.

当两个女人交谈的时候，她们什么话也没有说；当一个女人自语的时候，她揭露了生命的一切。

Frogs may bellow louder than bulls, but they cannot drag the plough in the field not turn the wheel of the winepress, and of their skins you cannot make shoes.
青蛙也许会叫得比牛更响，但是它们不能在田里拉犁，也不会在酒坊里牵磨，它们的皮也做不出鞋来。

Only the dumb envy the talkative.
只有哑巴才妒忌多嘴的人。

If winter should say, "Spring is in my heart," who would believe winter?
如果冬天说，“春天在我的心里”，谁会相信冬天呢？

Every seed is a longing.
每一粒种子都是一个愿望。

Should you really open your eyes and see, you would behold your image in all images.
And should you open your ears and listen, you would hear your own voice in all voices.
如果你真的睁起眼睛来看，你会从每一个形象中看到你自己的形象。

如果你张开耳朵来听，你会在一切声音里听到你自己的声音。