Maid of Athens, Ere We Part


Maid of Athens, Ere We Part
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron

Maid of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh, give back my heart!
Or, since that has left my breast,
Keep it now, and take the rest!
Hear my vow before I go,
Zoe uml; mou sas agapo.

By those tresses unconfined,
Wooed by each Aegean wind;
By those lids whose jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks’ blooming tinge;
By those wild eyes like the roe,
Zoe uml; mou sas agapo.

By that lip I long to taste;
By that zone-encircled waist;
By all the token-flowers that tell,
What words can never speak so well;
By love’s alternate joy and woe,
Zoe uml; mou sas agapo.

Maid of Athens! I am gone:
Think of me, sweet! when alone.
Though I fly to Istambol,
Athens holds my heart and soul:
Can I cease to love thee? No!
Zoe uml; mou sas agapo.

雅典少女
拜伦

雅典的少女啊,在我们分别前,
把我的心,把我的心交还!
或者,既然它已经和我脱离,
留着它吧,把其余的也拿去!
请听一句我临别前的誓语:
你是我的生命,我爱你。

我要凭那无拘无束的鬈发,
每阵爱琴海的风都追逐着它;
我要凭那墨玉镶边的眼睛,
睫毛直吻着你颊上的嫣红;
我要凭那野鹿似的眼睛誓语:
你是我的生命,我爱你。

还有我久欲一尝的红唇,
还有那轻盈紧束的腰身;
我要凭这些定情的鲜花,
它们胜过一切言语的表达;
我要说,凭爱情的一串悲喜:
你是我的生命,我爱你。

雅典的少女啊,我们分了手;
想着我吧,当你孤独的时候。
虽然我向着伊斯坦堡飞奔,
雅典却抓住我的心和灵魂:
我能够不爱你吗?不会的!
你是我的生命,我爱你。

Say Thou dost love me again


Say Thou dost love me again
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me.

Though the word repeated
Should seem `a cuckoo-song,’ as thou dost treat it.

Remember, never to the hill or plain, Valley and wood,
without her cuckoo-strain
Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.

Beloved, I, amid the darkness greeted
By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt’s pain

Cry, `Speak once more … thou lovest!’ Who can fear

Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,
Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?

Say thou dost love me, love me, love me
toll The silver iterance!

only minding, Dear, To love me also in silence with thy soul.

请再说一遍我爱你
作者:勃郎宁夫人

说了一遍,请再对我说一遍,
说“我爱你!”

即使那样一遍遍的重复,
你会把它看成一支“布谷鸟的歌曲”;

记着,在那青山和绿林间,在那山谷和田野中,
如果她缺少了那串布谷鸟的音节,
纵使清新的春天披着满身的绿装降临,也不算完美无缺,

爱,四周那么黑暗,
耳边只听见惊悸的心声,处于那痛苦的不安之中,

我嚷道:“再说一遍:我爱你!”

谁会嫌星星太多,每颗星星都在太空中转动;
谁会嫌鲜花太多,每一朵鲜花都洋溢着春意。

说,你爱我,你爱我,一声声敲着银钟!

只是要记住,还得用灵魂爱我,在默默里。

When you are old


When you are old
William Butler Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look.

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled,
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

当你老了
威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

当你老了,头发花白,睡意沉沉,
倦坐在炉边,取下这本书来,
慢慢读着,追梦当年的眼神。

你那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。
多少人爱过你昙花一现的身影,
爱过你的美貌,以虚伪或真情,
惟独一人曾爱你那朝圣者的心,
爱你哀戚的脸上岁月的留痕。

在炉罩边低眉弯腰,
忧戚沉思,喃喃而语,
爱情是怎样逝去,又怎样步上群山,
怎样在繁星之间藏住了脸。

On Children



On Children
Kahlil 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.


关于子女(致我们终将远离的子女)
纪伯伦

你的儿女,其实不是你的儿女。
他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子。

他们借助你来到这个世界,却非因你而来,
他们在你身旁,却并不属于你。

你可以给予他们的是你的爱,却不是你的想法,
因为他们有自己的思想。

你可以庇护的是他们的身体,却不是他们的灵魂,
因为他们的灵魂属于明天,属于你做梦也无法达到的明天。

你可以拼尽全力,变得像他们一样,却不要让他们变得和你一样,
因为生命不会后退,也不在过去停留。

你是弓,儿女是从你那里射出的箭。
弓箭手望着未来之路上的箭靶,
他用尽力气将你拉开,使他的箭射得又快又远。

怀着快乐的心情,在弓箭手的手中弯曲吧,
因为他爱一路飞翔的箭,也爱无比稳定的弓。

Do It Anyway

这首诗歌,有两个版本,一个是Mother Teresa修改引用后的版本,一个是Dr. Kent M. Keith的原创版本。而我在网络上查下来,不同网站上的版本,也有一定的差距。


Do It Anyway
by Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.


The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

The Lord of the Rings

Aragorn:
Son of Gondor,of Rohan,my brothers!
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of men fails when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day.
An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down.But it is not this day.
This day we fight!
By all that you hold hear on this good earth I bid you stand, Men of the west!

Théoden:
Forth, and fear no darkness!
Arise, Arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin, and the world’s ending!
Death!
Death!
Death!
Forth Eorlingas!

Pirates of the Caribbean

Elizabeth Swann:
You all listen to me! LISTEN!
The other ships will still be looking to us, the Black Pearl to lead, and what will they see?
Frightened bilgerats aboard a derelict ship?
No, they will see free men and freedom! And the enemy will see the flash of our canons and they will hear the ringing of our swords and they will know what we can do! With the sweat of our brow and the strength of our backs and the courage in our hearts! Gentlemen, Hoist the Colours.

Brave Heart

William Wallace’s father:
Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it.

William Wallace:
I am William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What would you do without freedom? Will you fight?

William Wallace:
Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live — at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom.

William Wallace:
Many man dies,not every man really lives.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner:
Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.

Chris Gardner:
There is an I in happiness, there is no Y in happiness, It’s an I.

孙子兵法(下)


孙子兵法
[春秋]孙武

军争第七

  孙子曰: 

  凡用兵之法,将受命于君,合军聚众,交和而舍,莫难于军争。军争之难者,以迂为直,以患为利。 

  故迂其途,而诱之以利,后人发,先人至,此知迂直之计者也。军争为利,军争为危。举军而争利则不及,委军而争利则辎重捐。是故卷甲而趋,日夜不处,倍道兼行,百里而争利,则擒三将军,劲者先,疲者后,其法十一而至;五十里而争利,则蹶上将军,其法半至;三十里而争利,则三分之二至。是故军无辎重则亡,无粮食则亡,无委积则亡。故不知诸侯之谋者,不能豫交;不知山林、险阻、沮泽之形者,不能行军;不用乡导者,不能得地利。故兵以诈立,以利动,以分和为变者也。故其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。掠乡分众,廓地分利,悬权而动。先知迂直之计者胜,此军争之法也。 

  《军政》曰:“言不相闻,故为之金鼓;视不相见,故为之旌旗。”夫金鼓旌旗者,所以一民之耳目也。民既专一,则勇者不得独进,怯者不得独退,此用众之法也。故夜战多金鼓,昼战多旌旗,所以变人之耳目也。 

  三军可夺气,将军可夺心。是故朝气锐,昼气惰,暮气归。善用兵者,避其锐气,击其惰归,此治气者也。以治待乱,以静待哗,此治心者也。以近待远,以佚待劳,以饱待饥,此治力者也。无邀正正之旗,无击堂堂之陈,此治变者也。 

  故用兵之法,高陵勿向,背丘勿逆,佯北勿从,锐卒勿攻,饵兵勿食,归师勿遏,围师遗阙,穷寇勿迫,此用兵之法也。 

九变第八

  孙子曰: 

  凡用兵之法,将受命于君,合军聚合。泛地无舍,衢地合交,绝地无留,围地则谋,死地则战,途有所不由,军有所不击,城有所不攻,地有所不争,君命有所不受。 

  故将通于九变之利者,知用兵矣;将不通九变之利,虽知地形,不能得地之利矣;治兵不知九变之术,虽知五利,不能得人之用矣。 

  是故智者之虑,必杂于利害,杂于利而务可信也,杂于害而患可解也。是故屈诸侯者以害,役诸侯者以业,趋诸侯者以利。故用兵之法,无恃其不来,恃吾有以待之;无恃其不攻,恃吾有所不可攻也。 

  故将有五危,必死可杀,必生可虏,忿速可侮,廉洁可辱,爱民可烦。凡此五者,将之过也,用兵之灾也。覆军杀将,必以五危,不可不察也。 

行军第九

  孙子曰: 

  凡处军相敌,绝山依谷,视生处高,战隆无登,此处山之军也。绝水必远水,客绝水而来,勿迎之于水内,令半渡而击之利,欲战者,无附于水而迎客,视生处高,无迎水流,此处水上之军也。绝斥泽,唯亟去无留,若交军于斥泽之中,必依水草而背众树,此处斥泽之军也。平陆处易,右背高,前死后生,此处平陆之军也。凡此四军之利,黄帝之所以胜四帝也。凡军好高而恶下,贵阳而贱阴,养生而处实,军无百疾,是谓必胜。丘陵堤防,必处其阳而右背之,此兵之利,地之助也。上雨水流至,欲涉者,待其定也。凡地有绝涧、天井、天牢、天罗、天陷、天隙,必亟去之,勿近也。吾远之,敌近之;吾迎之,敌背之。军旁有险阻、潢井、蒹葭、小林、□①荟者,必谨覆索之,此伏奸之所处也。 

  敌近而静者,恃其险也;远而挑战者,欲人之进也;其所居易者,利也;众树动者,来也;众草多障者,疑也;鸟起者,伏也;兽骇者,覆也;尘高而锐者,车来也;卑而广者,徒来也;散而条达者,樵采也;少而往来者,营军也;辞卑而备者,进也;辞强而进驱者,退也;轻车先出居其侧者,陈也;无约而请和者,谋也;奔走而陈兵者,期也;半进半退者,诱也;杖而立者,饥也;汲而先饮者,渴也;见利而不进者,劳也;鸟集者,虚也;夜呼者,恐也;军扰者,将不重也;旌旗动者,乱也;吏怒者,倦也;杀马肉食者,军无粮也;悬□②不返其舍者,穷寇也;谆谆□③□③,徐与人言者,失众也;数赏者,窘也;数罚者,困也;先暴而后畏其众者,不精之至也;来委谢者,欲休息也。兵怒而相迎,久而不合,又不相去,必谨察之。 

  兵非贵益多也,惟无武进,足以并力料敌取人而已。夫惟无虑而易敌者,必擒于人。卒未亲而罚之,则不服,不服则难用。卒已亲附而罚不行,则不可用。故合之以文,齐之以武,是谓必取。令素行以教其民,则民服;令素不行以教其民,则民不服。令素行者,与众相得也。 

  [注:] 

  ①:“翳”加“艹”头。 

  ②:[垂瓦]。 

  ③:[讠翕]。 

地形第十

  孙子曰: 

  地形有通者、有挂者、有支者、有隘者、有险者、有远者。我可以往,彼可以来,曰通。通形者,先居高阳,利粮道,以战则利。可以往,难以返,曰挂。挂形者,敌无备,出而胜之,敌若有备,出而不胜,难以返,不利。我出而不利,彼出而不利,曰支。支形者,敌虽利我,我无出也,引而去之,令敌半出而击之利。隘形者,我先居之,必盈之以待敌。若敌先居之,盈而勿从,不盈而从之。险形者,我先居之,必居高阳以待敌;若敌先居之,引而去之,勿从也。远形者,势均难以挑战,战而不利。凡此六者,地之道也,将之至任,不可不察也。 

  凡兵有走者、有驰者、有陷者、有崩者、有乱者、有北者。凡此六者,非天地之灾,将之过也。夫势均,以一击十,曰走;卒强吏弱,曰驰;吏强卒弱,曰陷;大吏怒而不服,遇敌怼而自战,将不知其能,曰崩;将弱不严,教道不明,吏卒无常,陈兵纵横,曰乱;将不能料敌,以少合众,以弱击强,兵无选锋,曰北。凡此六者,败之道也,将之至任,不可不察也。 

  夫地形者,兵之助也。料敌制胜,计险隘远近,上将之道也。知此而用战者必胜,不知此而用战者必败。故战道必胜,主曰无战,必战可也;战道不胜,主曰必战,无战可也。故进不求名,退不避罪,唯民是保,而利于主,国之宝也。 

  视卒如婴儿,故可以与之赴深溪;视卒如爱子,故可与之俱死。厚而不能使,爱而不能令,乱而不能治,譬若骄子,不可用也。

  知吾卒之可以击,而不知敌之不可击,胜之半也;知敌之可击,而不知吾卒之不可以击,胜之半也;知敌之可击,知吾卒之可以击,而不知地形之不可以战,胜之半也。故知兵者,动而不迷,举而不穷。故曰:知彼知己,胜乃不殆;知天知地,胜乃可全。 

九地第十一

  孙子曰: 

  用兵之法,有散地,有轻地,有争地,有交地,有衢地,有重地,有泛地,有围地,有死地。诸侯自战其地者,为散地;入人之地不深者,为轻地;我得亦利,彼得亦利者,为争地;我可以往,彼可以来者,为交地;诸侯之地三属,先至而得天下众者,为衢地;入人之地深,背城邑多者,为重地;山林、险阻、沮泽,凡难行之道者,为泛地;所由入者隘,所从归者迂,彼寡可以击吾之众者,为围地;疾战则存,不疾战则亡者,为死地。是故散地则无战,轻地则无止,争地则无攻,交地则无绝,衢地则合交,重地则掠,泛地则行,围地则谋,死地则战。 

  古之善用兵者,能使敌人前后不相及,众寡不相恃,贵贱不相救,上下不相收,卒离而不集,兵合而不齐。合于利而动,不合于利而止。敢问敌众而整将来,待之若何曰:先夺其所爱则听矣。兵之情主速,乘人之不及。由不虞之道,攻其所不戒也。 

  凡为客之道,深入则专。主人不克,掠于饶野,三军足食。谨养而勿劳,并气积力,运兵计谋,为不可测。 

  投之无所往,死且不北。死焉不得,士人尽力。兵士甚陷则不惧,无所往则固,深入则拘,不得已则斗。是故其兵不修而戒,不求而得,不约而亲,不令而信,禁祥去疑,至死无所之。 

  吾士无余财,非恶货也;无余命,非恶寿也。令发之日,士卒坐者涕沾襟,偃卧者涕交颐,投之无所往,诸、刿之勇也。故善用兵者,譬如率然。率然者,常山之蛇也。击其首则尾至,击其尾则首至,击其中则首尾俱至。敢问兵可使如率然乎?曰可。夫吴人与越人相恶也,当其同舟而济而遇风,其相救也如左右手。是故方马埋轮,未足恃也;齐勇如一,政之道也;刚柔皆得,地之理也。故善用兵者,携手若使一人,不得已也。 

  将军之事,静以幽,正以治,能愚士卒之耳目,使之无知;易其事,革其谋,使人无识;易其居,迂其途,使民不得虑。帅与之期,如登高而去其梯;帅与之深入诸侯之地,而发其机。若驱群羊,驱而往,驱而来,莫知所之。聚三军之众,投之于险,此谓将军之事也。 

  九地之变,屈伸之力,人情之理,不可不察也。 

  凡为客之道,深则专,浅则散。去国越境而师者,绝地也;四彻者,衢地也;入深者,重地也;入浅者,轻地也;背固前隘者,围地也;无所往者,死地也。 

  是故散地吾将一其志,轻地吾将使之属,争地吾将趋其后,交地吾将谨其守,交地吾将固其结,衢地吾将谨其恃,重地吾将继其食,泛地吾将进其途,围地吾将塞其阙,死地吾将示之以不活。 

  故兵之情:围则御,不得已则斗,过则从。 

  是故不知诸侯之谋者,不能预交;不知山林、险阻、沮泽之形者,不能行军;不用乡导,不能得地利。四五者,一不知,非霸王之兵也。夫霸王之兵,伐大国,则其众不得聚;威加于敌,则其交不得合。是故不争天下之交,不养天下之权,信己之私,威加于敌,则其城可拔,其国可隳。 

  施无法之赏,悬无政之令。犯三军之众,若使一人。犯之以事,勿告以言;犯之以害,勿告以利。投之亡地然后存,陷之死地然后生。夫众陷于害,然后能为胜败。 

  故为兵之事,在顺详敌之意,并敌一向,千里杀将,是谓巧能成事。是故政举之日,夷关折符,无通其使,厉于廊庙之上,以诛其事。敌人开阖,必亟入之,先其所爱,微与之期,践墨随敌,以决战事。是故始如处女,敌人开户;后如脱兔,敌不及拒。 

火攻第十二

  孙子曰: 

  凡火攻有五:一曰火人,二曰火积,三曰火辎,四曰火库,五曰火队。 

  行火必有因,因必素具。发火有时,起火有日。时者,天之燥也。日者,月在箕、壁、翼、轸也。凡此四宿者,风起之日也。凡火攻,必因五火之变而应之:火发于内,则早应之于外;火发而其兵静者,待而勿攻,极其火力,可从而从之,不可从则上。火可发于外,无待于内,以时发之,火发上风,无攻下风,昼风久,夜风止。凡军必知五火之变,以数守之。 

  故以火佐攻者明,以水佐攻者强。水可以绝,不可以夺。 

  夫战胜攻取而不惰其功者凶,命曰“费留”。故曰:明主虑之,良将惰之,非利不动,非得不用,非危不战。主不可以怒而兴师,将不可以愠而攻战。合于利而动,不合于利而上。怒可以复喜,愠可以复说,亡国不可以复存,死者不可以复生。故明主慎之,良将警之。此安国全军之道也。 

用间第十三

  孙子曰: 

  凡兴师十万,出征千里,百姓之费,公家之奉,日费千金,内外骚动,怠于道路,不得操事者,七十万家。相守数年,以争一日之胜,而爱爵禄百金,不知敌之情者,不仁之至也,非民之将也,非主之佐也,非胜之主也。故明君贤将所以动而胜人,成功出于众者,先知也。先知者,不可取于鬼神,不可象于事,不可验于度,必取于人,知敌之情者也。 

  故用间有五:有因间,有内间,有反间,有死间,有生间。五间俱起,莫知其道,是谓神纪,人君之宝也。乡间者,因其乡人而用之;内间者,因其官人而用之;反间者,因其敌间而用之;死间者,为诳事于外,令吾闻知之而传于敌间也;生间者,反报也。故三军之事,莫亲于间,赏莫厚于间,事莫密于间,非圣贤不能用间,非仁义不能使间,非微妙不能得间之实。微哉微哉!无所不用间也。间事未发而先闻者,间与所告者兼死。凡军之所欲击,城之所欲攻,人之所欲杀,必先知其守将、左右、谒者、门者、舍人之姓名,令吾间必索知之。敌间之来间我者,因而利之,导而舍之,故反间可得而用也;因是而知之,故乡间、内间可得而使也;因是而知之,故死间为诳事,可使告敌;因是而知之,故生间可使如期。五间之事,主必知之,知之必在于反间,故反间不可不厚也。 

  昔殷之兴也,伊挚在夏;周之兴也,吕牙在殷。故明君贤将,能以上智为间者,必成大功。此兵之要,三军之所恃而动也。