詩歌:《我曾七次鄙視我的靈魂》——紀伯倫

《我曾七次鄙視我的靈魂》

紀伯倫

Seven times have I despised my soul:

——Kahlil Gibran

第一次,當它本可進取時,卻故作謙卑;

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.

第二次,當它在空虛時,用愛慾來填充;

The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.

第三次,在困難和容易之間,它選擇了容易;

The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.

第四次,它犯了錯,卻藉由別人也會犯錯來寬慰自己;

The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.

第五次,它自由軟弱,卻把它認為是生命的堅韌;

The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

第六次,當它鄙夷一張醜惡的嘴臉時,卻不知那正是自己面具中的一副;

The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.

第七次,它側身於生活的汙泥中,雖不甘心,卻又畏首畏尾。

And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.


詩歌:《我曾七次鄙視我的靈魂》——紀伯倫

紀伯倫簽名


紀·哈·紀伯倫(1883年1月6日——1931年4月10日)黎巴嫩作家、詩人、畫家,是阿拉伯文學的主要奠基人,20世紀阿拉伯新文學道路的開拓者之一,被稱為藝術天才、黎巴嫩文壇驕子。其主要作品有《淚與笑》《先知》《沙與沫》等,紀伯倫、魯迅和拉賓德拉納特·泰戈爾是近代東方文學走向世界的先驅。——《百度百科》


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