淡定的人生不寂寞：英漢對照

2022年9月29日 星期四 祝福早安 天氣晴朗 氣溫17℃ 《淡定的人生不寂寞》 愛如初陽 Love Like Morning Sun So often, when I'm alone with my thoughts, I feel your presence enter me like the morning sun's early light, filling my memories and dreams of us with a warm and clear radiance. You have become my love, my life, and together we have shaped our world until it seems now as natural as breathing. But I remember when it wasn't always so - times when peace and happiness seemed more like intruders in my life than the familiar companions they are today; times when we struggled to know each other, but always smoothing out those rough spots until we came to share ourselves completely. We can never rid our lives entirely of sadness and difficult times but we can understand them together, and grow stronger as individuals and as a loving couple. If I don't tell you as often as I'd like, it's because I could never tell you enough that I'm grateful for you sharing your life with mine, and that my love for you will live forever. 久久，當我獨處，思索飛揚。 彼之浮影蹁躚，入我心腸。 譬如初陽，瑞彩千行。 若水清澈，暖我心房。 往昔追思，舊夢浮塵，洋溢滿腔。 執手吾愛，漫漫人生路，與君話短長。 與君共書丹青，上下飛舞忙。 珠聯璧合，相得益彰。 可曾憶否，昔日之殤。 突如其來，從天而降。 追逐快樂，樂得安詳。 莫問路之遠長，近君前來，與君分享。 可愛舊日情愫，哪堪心印相忘。 回首過往，幾度風雨，不復紛攘。 似從前上小樓，入卿懷，話離別，共賞斜陽。 怎奈悲憫哀痛，世事滄桑。 若何離去，烏有未嘗。 知否？ 否泰輪迴，禍福伏藏。 風雨同舟，相知守望。 無言與君對，不似舊時樣。 滔滔東流水，怎及吾愛之浩蕩。 誠此爲幸，莫若君旁。 與卿攜手，遊戲人間，細品芬芳。 無盡愛戀，哪怕地老。 每位母親都是天使 The Mother Is an Angel All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. —Abraham Lincoln My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. —George Washington There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way. —Andrew Jackson A good mother is worth a hundred schoolmaster. —George Herbert Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all. —Oliver Wendell Holmes God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. —Jewish proverb The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. —Balzac The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. —Author Unknown In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. —Booker T. Washington It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since, but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her. —Charles Chaplin 無論我現在怎麼樣，還是希望以後會怎麼樣，都應當歸功於我天使一般的母親。我記得母親的那些禱告，它們一直伴隨着我，而且已經陪伴了我一生。 ——亞伯拉罕•林肯 我的母親是我見過的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都歸功於我的母親。我一生中所有的成就都歸功於我從她那兒得到的德、智、體的教育。 ——喬治•華盛頓 從來沒有一個女人像她那樣。她非常溫柔，就像一隻鴿子；她也很勇敢，就像一頭母獅……畢竟，對母親的記憶和她的教誨是我人生起步的唯一資本，並奠定了我的人生之路。 ——安德魯•傑克遜 一位好母親抵得上一百個教師。 ——喬治•赫伯特 青春會逝去；愛情會枯萎；友誼的綠葉也會凋零。而一個母親內心的希望比它們都要長久。 ——奧利弗•溫戴爾•荷馬 上帝不能無處不在，因此他創造了母親。 ——猶太諺語 母親的心是一個深淵，在它的最深處你總會得到寬恕。 ——巴爾扎克 父親能夠爲孩子所做的最重要的事就是愛他們的母親。 ——無名氏 在我努力學習閱讀的過程中，母親一直分享着我的抱負、充分理解我，盡她所能幫助我。如果我一生中做了什麼值得人們注意的事情，那一定是因爲我繼承了她的氣質。 ——布克•T．華盛頓 對我而言，我的母親似乎是我認識的最了不起的女人……我遇見太多太多的世人，可是從未遇上像我母親那般優雅的女人。如果我有所成就的話，這要歸功於她。 ——查爾斯•卓別林 和爸爸跳舞 Dance With My Father Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence, my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then spin me around till I fell asleep.Then up the stairs he would carry me. And I knew for sure I was loved. If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him, I'd play a song that would never, ever end. How I'd love, love, love, to dance with my father again. When I and my mother would disagree, to get my way, I would run from her to him. He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, then finally make me do just what my mama said. Later that night when I was asleep, he left a dollar under my sheet, never dreamed that he would be gone from me. If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him, I'd play a song that would never, never end. Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again. Sometimes I'd listen outside her door, and I'd hear how my mother cried for him. I pray for her even more than me. I pray for her even more than me. I know I'm praying for much too much, but could you send back the only man she loved. I know you don't do it usually, but dear Lord she's dying. To dance with my father again, every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream. 小時候，生活還沒有帶走所有的天真，爸爸常把我高高舉起，跟媽媽和我跳舞，然後抱着我旋轉直到我睡着。然後他抱我上樓，我敢肯定，他愛着我。 如果再有一次機會，和他一起走路，和他一起跳舞，我一定要唱一首永無休止的歌。 我會多麼歡喜，能和爸爸再跳一次舞。 每當媽媽不聽我的話，不答應我的要求，我就從她那裏跑開去找爸爸。 他總能讓我笑起來，給我安慰，然後乖乖地照媽媽說的去做。 那一天深夜，我睡得很香，他在我的牀單下塞了一塊錢，我做夢也沒想到他會從此離開我。 假如我能看他最後一眼，他最後的腳步，和他跳最後一次舞，我一定要唱一首永無休止的歌， 因爲我多麼歡喜，能和爸爸再跳一次舞。 有時我會在媽媽的房門外偷聽，我知道她爲他哭得有多傷心。我爲自己祈禱，更爲她祈禱；我爲她祈禱超過爲我自己。 我知道我祈求的實在太多，但你能不能把她愛的唯一的男人送回。我知道你一般不這麼做，可是親愛的主啊，她快要死了。 爲了和爸爸再跳一次舞，每天晚上我都睡着，而這就是我全部的夢。 真正的朋友會緊緊相隨 Your Forever Friend Follows “A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out.” Sometimes in life, You find a special friend; Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down, And the world seems dark and empty, Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, Your forever friend follows, If you lose you way, Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. “別人都走開的時候，朋友仍與你在一起。” 有時候在生活中， 你會找到一個特別的朋友； 他只是你生活中的一部分內容，卻能改變你整個的生活。 他會把你逗得開懷大笑； 他會讓你相信人間有真情。 他會讓你確信，真的有一扇不加鎖的門，在等待着你去開啓。 這就是永遠的友誼。 當你失意， 當世界變得黯淡與空虛， 你真正的朋友會讓你振作起來，原本黯淡、空虛的世界頓時變得明亮和充實。 你真正的朋友會與你一同度過困難、傷心和煩惱的時刻。 你轉身走開時， 真正的朋友會緊緊相隨， 你迷失方向時， 真正的朋友會引導你，鼓勵你。 真正的朋友會握着你的手，告訴你一切都會好起來的。 愛的分解 Decomposition of Love The love which consists in this, that two solitudes protect and limit and great each other. Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body in his book. To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. It is better bo have love and lost than never to have loved at all. Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, it is woman's whole existence. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquith, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. The last: I —— Inject ——投入 L —— Loyal ——忠誠 O—— Observant ——用心 V ——Valiant ——勇敢 E —— Enjoyment ——喜悅 Y —— Yes ——願意 O—— Obligation ——責任 U ——Unison ——和諧 兩個孤獨的人相互保護，相互制約，相互問候，這便是愛情。 愛情的祕密在雙方的心靈中生成，但形體是表白愛惜的書。 以愛還愛的是人性，但爲愛而愛的是神性。 懼怕愛就是懼怕生活，那些懼怕生活的人已經有四分之三死了。 寧可曾經愛過而失敗，也不要從來未曾有過一次愛。 愛情對男子不過是身外之物，對女人卻是整個生命。 愛是經久忍耐，親切友愛；愛是不妒忌；愛是不自誇，不趾高氣揚，不舉止失當，不自私自利，不輕易動怒，不心存惡念；不以行邪惡爲樂，而以求正道爲樂，凡事寬容，凡事相信，凡事希望，凡事忍耐。愛永不衰退。 最後， I —— Inject ——投入 L —— Loyal ——忠誠 O —— Observant ——用心V —— Valiant ——勇敢 E —— Enjoyment ——喜悅 Y —— Yes ——願意 O—— Obligation ——責任 U—— Unison ——和諧 你生命中的那個女人 A Woman in Your Life Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you need to marry with full knowledge of these facts as well : Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; Who is earning almost as much as you do; One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are; One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements

這本書一開始的兩章讓我以爲是滿滿的雞湯，怕吐，而後每一章都更加吸引我，我喜歡收穫別人的感覺。每一個故事後的人生感悟雖是雞湯卻也可以入口。不乏文采有所收穫，大概是我對這本書的評價吧。