欢乐与忧伤（1）（2/2）
《先知》作者：纪伯伦 2017-04-13 15:59
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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,”and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.
房 子
一位泥瓦匠上前说：“请给我们谈谈房子的情况。”
他于是回应说：
在你们打算建房于城内之前，先用你们的想象力在旷野里建一座凉亭。
因为你们在迟暮之年回归家园时，你们那在远方孤单且漂泊的心也会归来。
你们的房屋是你们更大的躯壳。
它在阳光下成长，在夜的寂静中安歇，而它并非没有梦想。难道你们的房子无梦？它们不正梦想着远离都市，前往林中或山间吗？
我愿将你们的房子凝聚在手中，像播种般将它们撒向森林和草地。
我愿山谷成为你们的街道，绿径成为你们的小巷，
这样你们就可以穿过葡萄园彼此寻访，衣上带着泥土的芳香归来。
然而这尚未实现。
因为恐惧，你们的先辈将你们紧密地聚集在一起， 这恐惧依旧持续着，城墙依旧阻隔着你们的家庭和你们的土地。
告诉我，奥菲里斯城的人们，你们房子里有什么？你们大门紧闭是在守护什么？
你们拥有安宁吗？—那足以在沉静的驱动下显示强大力量的平安？
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,”and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.
房 子
一位泥瓦匠上前说：“请给我们谈谈房子的情况。”
他于是回应说：
在你们打算建房于城内之前，先用你们的想象力在旷野里建一座凉亭。
因为你们在迟暮之年回归家园时，你们那在远方孤单且漂泊的心也会归来。
你们的房屋是你们更大的躯壳。
它在阳光下成长，在夜的寂静中安歇，而它并非没有梦想。难道你们的房子无梦？它们不正梦想着远离都市，前往林中或山间吗？
我愿将你们的房子凝聚在手中，像播种般将它们撒向森林和草地。
我愿山谷成为你们的街道，绿径成为你们的小巷，
这样你们就可以穿过葡萄园彼此寻访，衣上带着泥土的芳香归来。
然而这尚未实现。
因为恐惧，你们的先辈将你们紧密地聚集在一起， 这恐惧依旧持续着，城墙依旧阻隔着你们的家庭和你们的土地。
告诉我，奥菲里斯城的人们，你们房子里有什么？你们大门紧闭是在守护什么？
你们拥有安宁吗？—那足以在沉静的驱动下显示强大力量的平安？