值得一生铭记的箴言——青春 | Youth
每一天,听一篇美文| April. 18th, 2018
青 春
Youth
Youth is not a time of life
it is a state of mind
青春不是年华
而是心境
It is not a matter of rosy cheeks
red lips and supple knees
it is a matter of the will
a quality of the imagination
a vigor of the emotions
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝
而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情
It is the freshness of the deep springs of life
青春是生命的深泉在涌流
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity
of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease
This often exists in a man of 60
more than a boy of 20
青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱
进去压倒苟安,如此锐气
二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见
Nobody grows old merely by a number of years
We grow old by deserting our ideals
年年有加,并非垂老
理想丢弃,方堕暮年
Years may wrinkle the skin
but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul
岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤
热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂
Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart
and turns the spirit back to dust
烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信
定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰
Whether 60 or 16
there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders
the unfailing appetite for what's next
and the joy of the game of living
无论年届花甲,抑或二八芳龄
心中皆有生命之欢乐,奇迹之诱惑
孩童般天真久盛不衰
In the center of your heart and my heart
there is a wireless station
so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope
courage and power from man and from the infinite
so long as you are young
人人心中皆有一台天线
只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号
你就青春永驻,风华常存
When your aerials are down
and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism
and the ice of pessimism
then you've grown old
even at 20
一旦天线倒塌,锐气被冰雪覆盖
玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生
即使年方二十,实已垂老矣
but as long as your aerials are up
to catch waves of optimism
there's hope you may die young at 80
然则只要竖起天线
捕捉乐观的信号
你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉得年轻
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