让我的爱，

像阳光一样

包围着你,

而又给你,

光辉灿烂的自由。

            ——泰戈尔 

Prophet

-----Kahill Gibran

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and he bends you with his might that his arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness;

For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.

先知(节选）

——纪伯伦

你的孩子并不是你的孩子

他们是生命本身所渴求的子女

他们经由你，而不是来自于你

虽然目前伴随着你，却不属于你

你可以给予他们你的爱，而不是你的想法，因为他们有自己的想法

你可以让他们的身躯安住，而非困住他们的心灵

因为他们的心灵将安住在明日的居所，是你无法到访的地方，甚至在你的梦中也无法企及

你可以努力奋斗而成为他们一样，而不要想要使他们变得像你一样

因为生命既不回头，也不会停留在昨日

你是那把弓,将你孩子如活生生的箭向前射出

射手瞄向无限远方上的靶标，而以它巨大的力量拉弯你，使它的箭射得既快又远

以喜乐之心让射手之手来拉弯你，因为，正如它爱那飞驰的箭，它也爱这稳定的弓