『孩子』 ~ 紀伯倫
你們的孩子 都不是你們的孩子
他們是由生命對自身的渴望而生的子女
他們是借你們而來 卻非從你們而來
他們雖和你們同在 卻不屬於你們
你可以給他們愛 而不是你的思想
因為他們有他們自己的思想
你可以庇護他們的身體 而不是他們的心靈。
因他們的心活在 你夢想也到不了的明天
你可以努力使自己像他們 但永不要奢望他們會像你們
因為生命無法回溯 也不會滯留昨日
你是弓 而子女是有生命的箭 藉由你飛向前方。
那射者在無窮之中看準了遠方的靶心，
用全力將你拉開，
使他的箭矢能迅疾而遙遠地射了出去。
讓你們在射者手中的“彎曲”成為喜樂吧；
因為他愛那飛出的箭，也愛了那靜止的弓。
Children ~ Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in you dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward not tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable
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