共赏 | 纪伯伦:我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂
《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,它将人性剖开并展示出来,帮助我们更透彻地看清自己。
Seven times have I despised my soul
我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂
纪伯伦
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.第一次,当它本可进取时,却故作谦卑;
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.第二次,当它在空虚时,却用爱欲来填充;
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.第三次,当它在困难和容易之间,它选择了容易。
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.第四次,当它犯了错时,却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己;
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.第五次,当它自由软弱时,却把它认为是生命的坚韧;
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.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;
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.第七次,当它侧身于生活的污泥中时,虽不甘心,却又畏首畏尾。
纪伯伦七次对灵魂的鄙视,好似在深夜对灵魂的七次拷问。每个人都本应有更高贵的灵魂,却在自己的一次次纵容中,忘记了它真实的面目。愿有生之年,我们能将自己灵魂一次次丢掉的东西,退回去一步步找回来!
我们已经走得太远,以至于忘记了为什么而出发。
——纪伯伦
Kahlil Gibra,美籍黎巴嫩诗人、作家、画家。他是与泰戈尔并肩的近代东方文学先驱。其主要作品有《泪与笑》《先知》《沙与沫》等。
评论:
rmtc: 鄙视自己的灵魂,质疑自己的灵魂,亦是审视不完美的自己,叩问自己灵魂的缺陷,接受有残缺的自己。