我曾经七次鄙视自己的灵魂(中英对照)(2页).doc

-我曾经七次鄙视自己的灵魂(中英对照)-第 2 页我曾经七次鄙视自己的灵魂Seven times have I despised my soul（卡里·纪伯伦）(Kahlil Gibran)第一次，当她本可以进取时，却故作谦卑；The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.第二次，当她在空虚时，用爱欲来填充；The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.第三次，在困难和容易之间，她选择了容易；The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.第四次，她犯了错，却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己；The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.第五次，她容忍了软弱，而把她的忍受称作坚强；The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.第六次，当她鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时，却不知那正是自己面具中的一副；The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.第七次，她侧身于生活的污泥中，虽不甘心，却又畏首畏尾。And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.