From: The Prophet 节选自《先知》
原文: Kahlil Gibran 纪伯伦
翻译:成蹊
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
他不仅爱这渐行渐远的箭;他还爱这原地静止不动的弓。
The Prophet--On Children阅读翻译笔记 By 成蹊
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said,
Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
一位怀抱婴儿的女人说,请给我们讲讲孩子。
于是先知说:
Your children are not your children.
你的孩子,并不是你的孩子。
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
生命渴求生命的延续,他们是生命的孩子。
They come through you but not from you,
他们籍你而来,但非因你而来;
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
他们绕你膝下,但非你所属。
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
你可以给予他们的是慈爱,但非思想,
For they have their own thoughts.
因为他们有他们自己的思想;
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
你可以庇护他们的是躯体,但非灵魂,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
因为他们的灵魂,在明天落脚,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
在你即使梦中也无缘访求的明天。
You may strive to be like them,
你可以努力,像他们一样,
but seek not to make them like you.
但千万别企图让他们成为你,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
因为生命不会回头,也不会在昨天驻留。
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
你是弓,为你的孩子,张弦搭箭,
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
箭者,看向那杳杳远方的尽头,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
引弓,满力,箭疾驰远去。
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
在箭者的手中,你欣然弯曲。
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
因为,他不仅爱这渐行渐远的箭,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
他还爱这原地静止不动的弓。
Background 1:About Khalil Gibran
背景介绍 1 关于 纪伯伦
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran 纪·哈·纪伯伦
Born : January 6, 1883 Bsharri,Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate,Ottoman Syria
生于1883年1月6日,卜舍里,黎巴嫩山区
Died: April 10, 1931(aged 48) New York City, United States
卒于:1931年4月10日(享年48岁),纽约市,美国
Occupation:职业
Poet诗人, painter画家, writer作家, philosopher哲学家, theologian神学家,visual artist视觉艺术家;
Nationality:国籍
Genre :文学类型
Poetry诗歌 ,parable寓言, short story短篇故事
Literary movement:文学运动 Mahjar 阿拉伯裔美国人文学运动(Maybe,详情自行查找)
Notable works 著名的作品有
The Prophet 先知, Broken Wings 折断的翅膀
Background 2:AboutThe Prophet
背景介绍2 关于《先知》
The Prophet- First endition coverhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophet_(book)
The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran.It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work.The Prophet has been translated into over 40 different languages and has never been out of print.
《先知》是一共26章节,是一本由黎巴嫩-美国艺术家、哲学家和作家卡里.纪伯伦用英语创作的诗的形式的寓言。在1923年由Alfred A. Knopf 首次出版。它是纪伯伦最广为人知的作品。《先知》已经被翻译成近40个国家的语言并屡次再版。
The Prophet, Almustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition.
书中的先知Almustafa(阿尔穆斯塔法 ,意即“上天所眷爱的”),在国外的一个叫Orphalese(奥法里斯)城已经生活了12年,他准备坐船返回家乡。他被一群人拦住了,和他讨论了关于一些人生和生存的话题。
The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death
这本书按照讨论的话题,分为如下26个章节:爱;婚姻;孩子;给予;饮食;工作;忧乐;居住;穿着;买与卖;罪与罚;法律;自由;理性和激情;痛苦;自知;教学;友谊;言语;时间;好与坏;祈祷;愉悦;美丽;信仰、死亡。
读后感:By 成蹊
这首诗很短,但内涵却极其丰富。
一、之于父母
父母是弓,子女是箭。弓成满月,箭在弦上,箭矢流星,志在远方。成就孩子独立而自由的灵魂和意志,给他稳定而坚固的后方,这是父母应该做的。
二、之于子女
龙应台的《目送》有一段话,在这里似乎更适合引用一下:“我慢慢地、慢慢地了解到,所谓父女母子一场,只不过意味着,你和他的缘分就是今生今世不断地在目送他的背影渐行渐远。你站立在小路的这一端,看着他逐渐消失在小路转弯的地方,而且,他用背影告诉你:不必追。”
三、之于生命
这里有一个永恒的命题:什么是生命本身的渴求?佛说,生命对于全体来讲,无始无终,轮回不息;但对于个体来说,无始有终,究竟涅槃。 生命本身的渴求即在于生命的延续。
但要这延续的生命来做什么?认识这个世界。
世界在哪里?佛说, “唯心所现,为实所变”,在于内心。
故,归根结底,人这一世,所经历的一切,皆唯心之修炼计而走的路。故小心翼翼,诚心诚意,尽心尽力,为不死的老灵魂做好接力。
Tips of Pic.插图简介 By 成蹊
这幅照片摄于约两年前二十里堡的水边。先生在背后不经意间拍下的,但却成了彼此极为珍爱的一张,不知强过多少有意而为之的。那一天,夜里,朋友们支起帐篷,燃起篝火,弹起吉它,唱起歌。而我和Joysun则临水而坐,看光景。夜里,白天升起的雾气,细细碎碎地落下来,落在面颊上,就冰冰凉的;落在石板上,就湿漉漉的;落在草尖上,就亮晶晶的。抬头看看天,很容易就看到了明亮的星。再看仔细点,那些暗一点的星,也这一颗那一颗的,慢慢显现了。头抬得久了,累了,低下来,再看看水,看向水面的最远处。在那里,天和水趁着夜色拥合在了一处。读过的那首诗就浮现了:“星垂平野阔,月涌大江流。”清晨起来,鱼竿前,我静静地坐在Joysun的旁边,什么也不说。Joysun的老师John 曾和我说:“陪伴是最好的爱。”是的,真正的爱,不需要语言。
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