Your children is another you to be.
你的儿女，其实是另一个你的可能，因为他有你的生命密码。
They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.
他们是你对于你自己的另一个期许。
They come through you but not from you,
你借助他们借助而来需求你自己的另一种可能。
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
他们在你身旁，你在精神上塑造了他们。
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
你应可以给予他们的是你的爱、你的智慧，而不是你的意志。
For they have their own thoughts.
因为他们有自己的思想，也是你的另一种可能。
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
你可以庇护他们的身体，塑造他们的灵魂，
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
因为他们的灵魂来自于你，但又是另一种渴望
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
属于你做梦也无法到达的明天。
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
你可以拼尽全力，让他们不要堕落，
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
因为生命不会后退，也不会在过去停留。
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth,
你是弓，儿女是从你那里再出发，
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
你应该是弓箭手，弓箭手望着未来之路上的箭靶，
And he bends you with his might that his arrows may go swift and far.
你用尽力气将弓拉开，使箭射得又快又远。
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness,
怀着快乐的心情，在弓箭手的手中弯曲吧，
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.
因为他爱这一路飞翔的箭，也爱那无比稳定的弓。
Forever borth a child first
为了生命不朽，先生一个再说。
——————关天诗人首席子 《关于孩子》
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