嬰兒誕生前,上帝與即將出發的小孩道別。
> 小孩一直在哭：> “> 我害怕，我變得那麼小，那麼無助。> ”>
> 上帝安慰他：> “> 放心吧孩子，我早已安排好一位天使在人間，只為了保護你,照
顧你，愛你。> ”>
> 小孩停止了哭泣，> “> 那位天使叫什麼名字呢？> ”>
> 上帝微笑著說> “> 名字不重要，你可以簡單的叫她> “> MAMA> ”>
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> Your children are not your children.
> 你的孩子並不是你的。
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> They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
> 他們是生命對自身的渴慕所生的子女。
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> They come through you but not from you,
> 他們經由你來到這世界，卻不是從你身上而來。
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> And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
> 他們與你相伴，但他們並不屬於你。
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> You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
> 你可以給他們你的愛，卻不能給他們你的思想；
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> For they have their own thoughts.
> 因為他們擁有自己的思想。
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> You may house their bodies but not their souls,
> 你或許能圈囿他們的身體，卻無法限制他們的靈魂。
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> For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams.
> 因為他們的靈魂居住在明日之屋，甚至在夢中你也無法前去探訪。
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> You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
> 你可以盡力去模仿他們，但是不要指望他們和你相像，
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> For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
> 因為生命不會倒流，也不會駐足在昨日。
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> You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
> 你是弓，而你的孩子是從弦上射發的生命之箭。
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> 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.
> 神射手瞄向無窮遠的標靶，以他的神力將你拉滿，將箭射得又快又遠。
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> Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
> 你應該為自己能拉滿弓的這隻手感到欣慰；
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> For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that
is stable.
> 一如他(孩子)固然高興成為那個飛出去的箭矢，他也會愛著那把穩定的弓。
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> Gibran Khalil Gibran,> ”> The Prophet > “>
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> -- 紀伯倫《先知》
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