## 《致孩子》——紀伯倫【黎巴嫩】 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. 他們是生命對于自身渴望而誕生的孩子。 They come through you but not from you, 他們借助你來到這個世界，卻并非因你而來， And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. 他們陪伴你，卻并不屬于你。 You may give them your love but not your thoughts, 你可以給予他們愛，卻不能給予他們思想， For they have their own thoughts. 因為他們有自己的思想。 You may house their bodies but not their souls, 你可以庇護他們的身體，卻不能庇護他們的靈魂， For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. 因為他們的靈魂屬于明天，屬于你在夢境中也無法達到的明天。 You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, 你可以拼盡全力，變得像他們一樣，卻不要讓他們變得和你一樣， For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. 因為生命不會倒退，也不可能在過去停留。 You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. 你是弓，你的孩子是弦上即將發出的生命箭矢。 The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, 弓箭手遙望未來之路上的箭靶， and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. 用盡力氣將你拉開，使箭射得又快又遠。 Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness, 你們懷著愉悅的心情，在弓箭手的手中彎曲吧， For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. 因為他愛一路飛翔的箭，也愛無比穩定的弓。