《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.
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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