经典美文双语阅读

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　　经典美文双语阅读：关于美

　　Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?

　　如果美不以自身为途径，为向导，你们又到哪里去找她，又怎么能找到她呢?如果她不是你们言语的编织者，你们又如何能谈论她呢?

　　The aggrieved and the injured say, "Beauty is kind and gentle. Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us."

　　伤心痛苦者说：“美是善良而温柔的。她像一位因自己的荣耀而半含羞涩的年轻母亲，走在我们的身边。”

　　And the passionate say, "Nay, beauty is a thing of might and dread. Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."

　　热情奔放者说：“不，美是强烈而令人惊畏的。她如暴风雨般震动我们脚下的大地，摇撼我们头上的天空。”

　　The tired and the weary say, "Beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit. Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow."

　　疲惫怠倦者说：“美是温柔的低语，她在我们的心中诉说。她的声音波动在我们的沉默中，犹如一道微弱的光在对阴影的恐惧中颤抖。”

　　But the restless say, "We have heard her shouting among the mountains, and with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions."

　　但活泼好动者说：“我们曾听到她在山谷中大声呼叫，随其呐喊而来的是足蹄踏地、翅膀拍击和雄狮怒吼的声音。”

　　At night the watchmen of the city say, "Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east."

　　夜晚，城市的守夜人说：“美将与晨光一同从东方升起。”

　　And at noon-time the toilers and the wayfarers say, "We have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset."

　　正午，辛勤劳作者和长途跋涉者说：“我们曾看到她透过黄昏之窗眺望大地。”

　　In winter say the snow-bound, "She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills."

　　严冬，困在风雪中的人说：“她将与春同至，雀跃于山峦之间。”

　　And in the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."

　　酷暑，收割庄稼的人说：“我们曾看到她与秋叶共舞，雪花点缀于她的发梢。”

　　All these things have you said of beauty, yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied, and beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, but rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted. It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears. It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw, but rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.

　　你们谈到关于美的所有这些，实际并非关于她本身，而是关于你们未被满足的需求，但美并不是一种需求，而是 心醉神迷的欣喜。她不是焦渴的唇，也不是伸出的空空的手，而是一颗燃烧的心，一个充满喜悦的灵魂。她不是你们想看到的形象，也不是你们想听到的歌声，而是 你们闭上眼睛看到的形象，堵住耳朵听到的歌声。她不是伤残树皮下的树液，也不是悬在利爪下的翅膀。而是一座鲜花永远盛开的花园，一群永远在天空飞翔的天使。

　　Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

　　当生命摘去遮盖她圣洁面容的面纱时，美就是生命。

　　经典美文双语阅读：当爱召唤你

　　When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

　　当爱召唤你时，请追随她，尽管爱的道路艰难险峻。当爱的羽翼拥抱你时，请顺从她，尽管隐藏在其羽翼之下的剑可能会伤到你。当爱向你诉说时，请相信她，尽管她的声音可能打破你的梦想，就如同北风吹落花园里所有的花瓣。

　　For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to our roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

　　爱会给你戴上桂冠，也会折磨你。爱会助你成长，也会给你修枝。爱会上升到枝头，抚爱你在阳光下颤动的嫩枝，也会下潜至根部，撼动你紧抓泥土的根基。

　　But if, in your fear, you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but it self and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

　　但是，如果你在恐惧之中只想寻求爱的平和与快乐，那你就最好掩盖真实的自我，避开爱的考验，进入不分季节的世界，在那里你将欢笑，但并非开怀大笑，你将哭泣，但并非尽情地哭。爱只将自己付出，也只得到自己。爱一无所有，也不会为谁所有，因为爱本身就已自足。

　　Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must have desires, let these be your desires:

　　爱除了实现自我别无他求。但是如果你爱而又不得不有所求，那就请期望：

　　To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.

　　将自己融化并像奔流的溪水一般向夜晚吟唱自己优美的曲调。

　　To know the pain of too much tenderness.

　　明了过多的温柔所带来的苦痛。

　　To be wounded by your own understanding of love;

　　被自己对爱的理解所伤害;

　　And to bleed willingly and joyfully.

　　并情愿快乐地悲伤。

　　To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

　　在黎明带着轻快的心醒来并感谢又一个有家的日子;

　　To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;

　　在中午时分休息并冥想爱的心醉神迷;

　　To return home at eventide with gratitude;

　　在黄昏怀着感恩之心回家;

　　And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

　　然后为内心所爱之人祈祷，吟唱赞美之歌，并带着祷告和歌声入眠。