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发表于 2006-8-16 20:37:14 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式

Virtue 美德
  
  Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! 甜美的白昼,如此凉爽、安宁、明媚!
  The bridal of the earth and sky- 天地间完美的匹配-----
  The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; 今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪;
  For thou must die. 因为你必须离去。
  
  Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave, 美丽的玫瑰,色泽红润艳丽,
  Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, 令匆匆而过的人拭目而视,
  Thy root is ever in its grave, 你的根永远扎在坟墓里,
  And thou must die. 而你必须消逝。
  
  Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses, 美妙的春天,充满了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰,
  A box where sweets compacted lie, 如一支芬芳满溢的盒子,
  My music shows ye have your closes, 我的音乐表明你们也有终止,
  And all must die, 万物都得消逝。
  
  Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 唯有美好而正直的心灵,
  Like season‘d timber,never gives; 犹如干燥备用的木料,永不走样;
  But though the whole world turn to coal, 纵然整个世界变为灰烬,
  Then chiefly lives. 它依然流光溢彩。

A Grain of Sand  

   一粒沙子  

      William Blake/威廉.布莱克  

  To see a world in a grain of sand,  

  And a heaven in a wild fllower,  

  Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,  

  And eternity in an hour.  

  从一粒沙子看到一个世界,  

  从一朵野花看到一个天堂,  

  把握在你手心里的就是无限,  

  永恒也就消融于一个时辰。

沙发
 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:38:02 | 只看该作者
Love Your Life
    热爱生活
      Henry David Thoreau/享利.大卫.梭罗
  However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man‘s abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town‘s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
  
  不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候,倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。我只看到,一个从容的人,在哪里也像在皇宫中一样,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人,我看,倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大,所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。
板凳
 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:38:54 | 只看该作者
These Things Shall Never Die
这些美好不会消逝
  The pure.the bright,the beautiful, 一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,
  That stirred our hearts in youth, 强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,
  The impulses to wordless prayer, 推动着我们做无言的祷告的,
  The dreams of love and truth; 让我们梦想着爱与真理的;
  The longing after something‘s lost, 在失去后为之感到珍惜的,
  The spirit‘s yearning cry, 使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,
  The striving after better hopes- 为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-
  These things can never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
  
  The timid hand stretched forth to aid 羞怯地伸出援助的手,
  A brother in his need, 在你的弟兄需要的时候,
  A kindly word in grief‘s dark hour 伤恸、困难的时候,一句亲切的话
  That proves a friend indeed ; 就足以证明朋友的真心;
  The plea for mercy softly breathed, 轻声地乞求怜悯,
  When justice threatens nigh, 在审判临近的时候,
  The sorrow of a contrite heart- 懊悔的心有一种伤感--
  These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
  
  Let nothing pass for every hand 在人间传递温情
  Must find some work to do ; 尽你所能地去做;
  Lose not a chance to waken love- 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
  Be firm,and just ,and true; 为人要坚定,正直,忠诚;
  So shall a light that cannot fade 因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
  Beam on thee from on high. 就不会消失。
  And angel voices say to thee---你将听到天使的声音在说-----
  These things shall never die. 这些美好不会消逝。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:39:34 | 只看该作者
Think it over……好好想想……
  
  Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
  今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;
  
  We spend more,but enjoy less;
  我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
  
  We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies;
  我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
  
  We have more compromises,but less time;
  我们妥协更多,时间更少;
  
  We have more knowledge,but less judgment;
  我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
  
  We have more medicines,but less health;
  我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;
  
  We have multiplied out possessions,but reduced out values;
  我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
  
  We talk much,we love only a little,and we hate too much;
  我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;
  
  We reached the Moon and came back,but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
  我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
  
  We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space;
  我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
  
  We have highter income,but less morals;
  我们的收入增加了,但我们的道德却少了;
  
  These are times with more liberty,but less joy;
  我们的时代更加自由了,但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
  
  We have much more food,but less nutrition;
  我们有了更多的食物,但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
  
  These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase;
  现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入,但离婚的现象越来越多了;
  
  These are times of finer houses,but more broken homes;
  现在的住房越来越精致,但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
  
  That‘s why I propose,that as of today;
  这就是我为什么要说,让我们从今天开始;
  
  You do not keep anything for a special occasion.because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.
  不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着,因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别;
  
  Search for knowledge,read more ,sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs;
  寻找更我的知识,多读一些书,坐在你家的前廊里,以赞美的眼光去享受眼前的风景,不要带上任何功利的想法;
  
  Spend more time with your family and friends,eat your favorite foods,visit the places you love;
  花多点时间和朋友与家人在一起,吃你爱吃的食物,去你想去的地方;
  
  Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment;not only about survival;
  生活是一串串的快乐时光;我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存;
  
  Use your crystal goblets.Do not save your best perfume,and use it every time you feel you want it.
  举起你的水晶酒杯吧。不要吝啬洒上你最好的香水,你想用的时候就享用吧!
  
  Remove from your vocabulary phrases like"one of these days"or "someday";
  从你的词汇库中移去所谓的“有那么一天”或者“某一天”;
  
  Let‘s write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!
  曾打算“有那么一天”去写的信,就在今天吧!
  
  Let‘s tell our families and friends how much we love them;
  告诉家人和朋友,我们是多么地爱他们;
  
  Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life;
  不要延迟任何可以给你的生活带来欢笑与快乐的事情;
  
  Every day,every hour,and every minute is special;
  每一天、每一小时、每一分钟都是那么特别;
  
  And you don‘t know if it will be your last.
  你无从知道这是否最后刻。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:40:22 | 只看该作者
Love 爱情
  
  I love you not because of who you are,but because of who I am when I am with you.
  我爱你,不是因为你是一个怎样的人,而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
  
  No man or woman is worth your tears,and the one who is ,won‘t make you cry.
  没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
  
  The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them.
  失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于,他近在身旁,却犹如远在天边。
  
  Never frown,even when you are sad,because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
  纵然伤心,也不要悉眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
  
  To the world you may be one person,but to one person you may be the world.
  对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某人,你是他的整个世界。
  
  Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman,who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you.
  不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
  
  Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to,doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have.
  爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你,那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
  
  Don‘t try to hard,the best things come when you least expect them to.
  不要着急,最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
  
  Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the person,we will know how to be grateful.
  在遇到梦中人之前,上天也许会安排我们先遇到别人;在我们终于遇见心仪的人时,便应当心存感激。
  
  Don‘t cry because it is over,smile because it happened.
  不要因为结束而哭泣,微笑吧,为你的曾经拥有。
  
有感于青春常在
  
  Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible sun within us.
   -------Sir Thomas Browne
  “生命是束纯净的火焰,我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在。”
   --------托马斯。布朗爵士
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:41:41 | 只看该作者
A Forever Friend
  永远的朋友
  
  "A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out."
  "别人都走开的时候,朋友仍与你在一起。”
  
  Sometimes in life,
  有时候在生活中,
  
  You find a special friend;
  你会找到一个特别的朋友;
  
  Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
  他只是你生活中的一部分内容,却能改变你整个的生活。
  
  Someone who makes you laugh until you can‘t stop;
  他会把你逗得开怀大笑;
  
  Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
  他会让你相信人间有真情。
  
  Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
  他会让你确信,真的有一扇不加锁的门,在等待着你去开启。
  
  This is Forever Friendship.
  这就是永远的友谊。
  
  when you‘re down,
  当你失意,
  
  and the world seems dark and empty,
  当世界变得黯淡与空虚,
  
  Your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world
  suddenly seem bright and full.
  你真正的朋友会让你振作起来,原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。
  
  Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,the sad times,and the confused times.
  你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。
  
  If you turn and walk away,
  你转身走开时,
  
  Your forever friend follows,
  真正的朋友会紧紧相随,
  
  If you lose you way,
  你迷失方向时,
  
  Your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.
  真正的朋友会引导你,鼓励你。
  
  Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay.
  真正的朋友会握着你的手,告诉你一切都会好起来的。
  
  And if you find such a friend,
  如果你找到了这样的朋友,
  
  You feel happy and complete,
  你会快乐,觉得人生完整,
  
  Because you need not worry,
  因为你无需再忧虑。
  
  Your have a forever friend for life,
  你拥有了一个真正的朋友,
  
  And forever has no end.
  永永远远,永无止境。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-8-16 20:43:32 | 只看该作者
Friends
   朋友
  
  A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
  真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。
  
  There‘s always going to be people that hurt you,so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
  别人常常伤害你,所以你该继续付出信任,并小心挑选你下次信任的人。
  
  Make youself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
  在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前,先完善并了解自己。
  
  Remember:Whatever happens,happens for a reason.
  要记住:任何事情的发生都有因有起。
  
  How many people actually have 8 true friends?Hardly anyone I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.
  有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友?就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友。
  
The More Loving One
   让我们成为更有爱心的人
   W.H.Auden/W.H.奥登
  Looking up at the stars, I know quite well 仰望群星的时分,我一清二楚,
  That, for all they care, I can go to hell, 尽管它们关怀备至,我亦有可能赴地府,
  But on earth indifference is the least 可是尘世间我们丝毫不必畏惧
  We have to dread from man or beast. 人类或禽兽的那份冷漠。
  
  How should we like it were stars to burn 倘若群星燃烧着关怀我们的激情,
  With a passion for us we could not return? 我们却无法回报,我们作何感想?
  If equal affection cannot be, 倘若无法产生同样的感情,
  Let the more loving one be me. 让我成为更有爱心的人。
  
  Admirer as I think I am 尽管我自视为群星的崇拜者,
  Of stars that do not give a damn, 它们满不在乎,
  I cannot, now I see them ,say 现在我看群星,我却难以启齿,
  I missed one terribly all day. 说我成天思念一颗星星。
  
  Were all stars to disappear or die 倘若所有的星星消失或者消亡,
  I should learn to look at an empty sky 我应该学会仰望空荡的天空,
  And feel its total dark sublime, 同时感受天空一片漆黑的崇高,
  Though this might take me a little time. 虽然这样可能要花费一点时间。
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发表于 2006-8-16 21:37:40 | 只看该作者
是好东西,好在有中文,不然我就真不知它们是什么意思了,谢谢楼主了
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发表于 2006-8-17 08:35:18 | 只看该作者
读起来感觉很好
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发表于 2006-8-17 14:15:25 | 只看该作者

好多天没来谷里,今天刚到就看见你精心准备的诗篇,多谢多谢让偶有眼福

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