今天没什么动力,划水了,但是看到了一篇不错的小短文
Seven times have I despised my soul:
——Kahlil Gibran
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
《我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂》是纪伯伦以“自己的灵魂”为名,看穿人性所共有弱点的一首诗。诗句简单有力发人深省,督促人们拥有更高的精神境界,呼吁人们涤荡自己的灵魂,唾弃丑恶,追求高尚。其中有一个译本很有意思:
第一次,当它本可进取时,却故作谦卑;
第二次,当它在空虚时,用爱欲来填充;
第三次,在困难和容易之间,它选择了容易;
第四次,它犯了错,却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己;
第五次,它自由软弱,却把它认为是生命的坚韧;
第六次,当它鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时,却不知那正是自己面具中的一副;
第七次,它侧身于生活的污泥中,虽不甘心,却又畏首畏尾。
本意是第二次是我看见她在瘸者面前跛行的时候,但是这个翻译变成了当它在空虚时,用爱欲来填充,虽然他不符合信达雅中的信,但是仿佛开拓出了一个新的境界,也鼓励了我前进。