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On Children
致孩子

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
他們誕生于生命對于自身的渴望
They come through you but not from you
他們借助你來到這個(gè)世界，卻非因你而來
And though they are with you 

他們陪伴你

yet they belong not to you
卻不從屬于你

You may give them your love but not your thoughts
你可以給予他們你的關(guān)愛,，卻不能給予你的思想
For they have their own thoughts
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You may house their bodies but not their souls
你可以庇護(hù)他們的身體,，卻無法安置他們的靈魂
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow

因?yàn)樗麄兊撵`魂屬于明天

which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams
你在夢境中也到達(dá)不了的明天
You may strive to be like them

你可以拼盡全力，變成他們的樣子

but seek not to make them like you
卻不要試圖讓他們變成你
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday
因?yàn)樯粫蚝笸诉M(jìn),，也不在過去停留

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth
你是弓,，而孩子是從你那里射出的箭
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite
弓箭手遙望在無限之路上豎起的靶子
and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far
用盡力氣將弓拉開，把箭輕盈地射遠(yuǎn)
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness
在弓箭手的手中,，你快樂地彎起腰
For even as He loves the arrow that flies

因?yàn)樗麗勰秋w馳向前的箭

 so He loves also the bow that is stable
也愛那穩(wěn)定的弓