『你的孩子』“Your Children”

【Kahlil Gibran//重明譯】

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Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of God.

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 your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,

but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

你的孩子，不屬於你，

他們是上帝的兒女。

他們經過你，但不從你那裡來，

他們跟你在一起，可是不屬於你。

你可能給他們愛，但不會是你的思想，

因為他們有他們的思想。

你可能養育了他們的身體，

可是不會是他們的靈魂。

因為他們的靈魂寄居在明日的世界，

你不可能知道，更不可能夢到。

你可能努力像他們，可是不要希求他們像你，

因為生命不是後退，也不是逗留在昨日。