The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切純潔的,輝煌的,美麗的,
The impulses to wordless prayer, 推動(dòng)著我們做無(wú)言的禱告的,
The dreams of love and truth; 讓我們夢(mèng)想著愛(ài)與真理的;
The longing after something's lost, 在失去后為之感到珍惜的,
The spirit's yearning cry, 使靈魂深切地呼喊著的,
The striving after better hopes- 為了更美好的夢(mèng)想而奮斗著的-
These things can never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的時(shí)候,
A kindly word in grief's dark hour 傷慟、困難的時(shí)候,一句親切的話(huà)
That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以證明朋友的真心;
The plea for mercy softly breathed, 輕聲地乞求憐憫,
When justice threatens nigh, 在審判臨近的時(shí)候,
The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一種傷感--
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
Let nothing pass for every hand 在人間傳遞溫情
Must find some work to do ; 盡你所能地去做;
Lose not a chance to waken love- 別錯(cuò)失去了喚醒愛(ài)的良機(jī)-----
Be firm,and just ,and true; 為人要堅(jiān)定,正直,忠誠(chéng);
So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀著你的那道光芒
Beam on thee from on high. 就不會(huì)消失。
And angel ***s say to thee---你將聽(tīng)到天使的聲音在說(shuō)-----
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
Think it over……好好想想……
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路,但是我們的性情卻更為急躁,眼光也更加狹隘;
We spend more,but enjoy less;
我們消耗的更多,享受到的卻更少;
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
我們的住房更大了,但我們的家庭卻更小了;
We have more compromises,but less time;
我們妥協(xié)更多,時(shí)間更少;
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
我們擁有了更多的知識(shí),可判斷力卻更差了;
We have more medicines,but less health;
我們有了更多的藥品,但健康狀況卻更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
我們擁有的財(cái)富倍增,但其價(jià)值卻減少了;
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
我們說(shuō)的多了,愛(ài)的卻少了,我們的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我們可以往返月球,但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
我們可以征服外太空,卻征服不了我們的內(nèi)心;
We have highter income,but less morals;
我們的收入增加了,但我們的道德卻少了;
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
我們的時(shí)代更加自由了,但我們擁有的快樂(lè)時(shí)光卻越來(lái)越少;
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
我們有了更多的食物,但所能得到的營(yíng)養(yǎng)卻越來(lái)越少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
現(xiàn)在每個(gè)家庭都可以有雙份收入,但離婚的現(xiàn)象越來(lái)越多了;
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
現(xiàn)在的住房越來(lái)越精致,但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭;
That's why I propose,that as of today;
這就是我為什么要說(shuō),讓我們從今天開(kāi)始;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要將你的東西為了某一個(gè)特別的時(shí)刻而預(yù)留著,因?yàn)槟闵畹拿恳惶於际悄敲刺貏e;
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
尋找更我的知識(shí),多讀一些書(shū),坐在你家的前廊里,以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風(fēng)景,不要帶上任何功利的想法;
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多點(diǎn)時(shí)間和朋友與家人在一起,吃你愛(ài)吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快樂(lè)時(shí)光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存;
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你的香水,你想用的時(shí)候就享用吧!
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
從你的詞匯庫(kù)中移去所謂的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去寫(xiě)的信,就在今天吧!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告訴家人和朋友,我們是多么地愛(ài)他們;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來(lái)歡笑與快樂(lè)的事情;
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小時(shí)、每一分鐘都是那么特別;
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你無(wú)從知道這是否最后刻。
The life I desired 我所追求的生活
That must be the story of innumerable couples,and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vasty sea;but the sea is so calm,so silent,so infifferent,that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness.Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature,strong in me even in those days,that i felt in such an existence,the share of the great majority,something amiss.I recognized its social value.I saw its ordered happiness,but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous,shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen.
這一定是世間無(wú)數(shù)對(duì)夫妻的生活寫(xiě)照,這種生活模式給人一種天倫之美。它使人想起一條平靜的溪流,蜿蜒暢游過(guò)綠茵的草場(chǎng),濃蔭遮蔽,最后注入煙波浩渺的汪洋大海;但是大海太過(guò)平靜,太過(guò)沉默,太過(guò)不動(dòng)聲色,你會(huì)突然感到莫名的不安。也許這只是我自己的一種怪誕想法,在那樣的時(shí)代,這想法對(duì)我影響很深:我覺(jué)得這像大多數(shù)人一樣的生活,似乎欠缺了一點(diǎn)兒什么。我承認(rèn)這種生活有社會(huì)價(jià)值,我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福,但我血液里的沖動(dòng)卻渴望一種更桀驁不馴的旅程.這樣的安逸中好像有一種叫我驚懼不安的東西.我的心渴望一種更加驚險(xiǎn)的生活。只要生活中還能有變遷———以及不可知的刺激,我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖,奔赴暗礁滿(mǎn)布的海灘
The impulses to wordless prayer, 推動(dòng)著我們做無(wú)言的禱告的,
The dreams of love and truth; 讓我們夢(mèng)想著愛(ài)與真理的;
The longing after something's lost, 在失去后為之感到珍惜的,
The spirit's yearning cry, 使靈魂深切地呼喊著的,
The striving after better hopes- 為了更美好的夢(mèng)想而奮斗著的-
These things can never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的時(shí)候,
A kindly word in grief's dark hour 傷慟、困難的時(shí)候,一句親切的話(huà)
That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以證明朋友的真心;
The plea for mercy softly breathed, 輕聲地乞求憐憫,
When justice threatens nigh, 在審判臨近的時(shí)候,
The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一種傷感--
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
Let nothing pass for every hand 在人間傳遞溫情
Must find some work to do ; 盡你所能地去做;
Lose not a chance to waken love- 別錯(cuò)失去了喚醒愛(ài)的良機(jī)-----
Be firm,and just ,and true; 為人要堅(jiān)定,正直,忠誠(chéng);
So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀著你的那道光芒
Beam on thee from on high. 就不會(huì)消失。
And angel ***s say to thee---你將聽(tīng)到天使的聲音在說(shuō)-----
These things shall never die. 這些美好不會(huì)消逝。
Think it over……好好想想……
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我們擁有了更高層的樓宇以及更寬闊的公路,但是我們的性情卻更為急躁,眼光也更加狹隘;
We spend more,but enjoy less;
我們消耗的更多,享受到的卻更少;
We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
我們的住房更大了,但我們的家庭卻更小了;
We have more compromises,but less time;
我們妥協(xié)更多,時(shí)間更少;
We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
我們擁有了更多的知識(shí),可判斷力卻更差了;
We have more medicines,but less health;
我們有了更多的藥品,但健康狀況卻更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
我們擁有的財(cái)富倍增,但其價(jià)值卻減少了;
We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
我們說(shuō)的多了,愛(ài)的卻少了,我們的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我們可以往返月球,但卻難以邁出一步去親近我們的左鄰右舍;
We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
我們可以征服外太空,卻征服不了我們的內(nèi)心;
We have highter income,but less morals;
我們的收入增加了,但我們的道德卻少了;
These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
我們的時(shí)代更加自由了,但我們擁有的快樂(lè)時(shí)光卻越來(lái)越少;
We have much more food,but less nutrition;
我們有了更多的食物,但所能得到的營(yíng)養(yǎng)卻越來(lái)越少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
現(xiàn)在每個(gè)家庭都可以有雙份收入,但離婚的現(xiàn)象越來(lái)越多了;
These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
現(xiàn)在的住房越來(lái)越精致,但我們也有了更多破碎的家庭;
That's why I propose,that as of today;
這就是我為什么要說(shuō),讓我們從今天開(kāi)始;
You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
不要將你的東西為了某一個(gè)特別的時(shí)刻而預(yù)留著,因?yàn)槟闵畹拿恳惶於际悄敲刺貏e;
Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
尋找更我的知識(shí),多讀一些書(shū),坐在你家的前廊里,以贊美的眼光去享受眼前的風(fēng)景,不要帶上任何功利的想法;
Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
花多點(diǎn)時(shí)間和朋友與家人在一起,吃你愛(ài)吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
生活是一串串的快樂(lè)時(shí)光;我們不僅僅是為了生存而生存;
Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
舉起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝嗇灑上你的香水,你想用的時(shí)候就享用吧!
Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
從你的詞匯庫(kù)中移去所謂的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
曾打算“有那么一天”去寫(xiě)的信,就在今天吧!
Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them;
告訴家人和朋友,我們是多么地愛(ài)他們;
Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
不要延遲任何可以給你的生活帶來(lái)歡笑與快樂(lè)的事情;
Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
每一天、每一小時(shí)、每一分鐘都是那么特別;
And you don't know if it will be your last.
你無(wú)從知道這是否最后刻。
The life I desired 我所追求的生活
That must be the story of innumerable couples,and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vasty sea;but the sea is so calm,so silent,so infifferent,that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness.Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature,strong in me even in those days,that i felt in such an existence,the share of the great majority,something amiss.I recognized its social value.I saw its ordered happiness,but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous,shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen.
這一定是世間無(wú)數(shù)對(duì)夫妻的生活寫(xiě)照,這種生活模式給人一種天倫之美。它使人想起一條平靜的溪流,蜿蜒暢游過(guò)綠茵的草場(chǎng),濃蔭遮蔽,最后注入煙波浩渺的汪洋大海;但是大海太過(guò)平靜,太過(guò)沉默,太過(guò)不動(dòng)聲色,你會(huì)突然感到莫名的不安。也許這只是我自己的一種怪誕想法,在那樣的時(shí)代,這想法對(duì)我影響很深:我覺(jué)得這像大多數(shù)人一樣的生活,似乎欠缺了一點(diǎn)兒什么。我承認(rèn)這種生活有社會(huì)價(jià)值,我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福,但我血液里的沖動(dòng)卻渴望一種更桀驁不馴的旅程.這樣的安逸中好像有一種叫我驚懼不安的東西.我的心渴望一種更加驚險(xiǎn)的生活。只要生活中還能有變遷———以及不可知的刺激,我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖,奔赴暗礁滿(mǎn)布的海灘