Some people feel like they don't deserve love. 有些人觉得他们不值得爱
They walk away quietly into empty spaces,
他们悄然走开遁入空无 Trying to close the gaps to the past.
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I have lived through much, 我历尽世事 And now I think I have found what is needed
for happiness. 如今终于寻觅到幸福所在 A quiet secluded life in the country,
归隐田园 With the possibility of being useful to
people to whom it is easy to do good, 帮可帮之人 And who are not accustomed to have it done
to them. 助无助之者 And work which one hopes may be of some use.
行善行之事 Then rest, nature, books, music,
修身养性,怡情山水,泛舟书海,畅游天地 Love for one's neighbor. 邻里访间,其乐陶陶 Such is my idea of happiness. 这就是我理想的生活 And then,on top of all that,you for a
mate,and children perhaps. 而重要的是,有你为伴,或许有孩子 what more can the heart of a man desire?
若得如此,夫复何求?
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
无径之林,常有情趣 There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
无人之岸,几多惊喜 There is socity, where none intrudes,
无人驻足,是为桃源 By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
岸畔崖间,鼓涛为乐 I love not man the less, but Nature more...
吾爱世人,自然甚之... -----Lord Byron
the sea's only gifts are harsh blows, 大海唯一可以给我们的就是无情的海浪 and occasionally, the chance to feel
strong. 有时候还使人感受坚强的机会 now, I don't know much about the sea, 现在我对大海知之甚少 but I do know that, that's the way it is
here. 但我知道这一道理在这里也适用 and I also know how important it is in life 我明白生命是何等重要 not necessarily to be strong, but to feel
strong, 不必变得强大 但要去感受强大 to measure yourself at least once, 至少来估量自己一次 to find yourself at least once in the most
ancient of human conditions, 在人类最古老的环境中寻找一次自我 acing the blind, deaf stone alone 独自面对着无声无息的岩石 with nothing to help you but your hands and
your own head 不借助任何外界的帮助只依靠你的双手和大脑 ALEXANDER SUPERTRAMP AUGUST 1990