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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. % {. D' B4 a, c; L7 h' U) t+ B
青春不是年华,而是心境; " z% b' u: S% M; o/ [
) P# x( Z! n; m5 C' U$ K% GIt is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees.
7 D. M$ S( v" X/ [青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, 5 F4 p. E4 v `1 ~* {8 x8 G
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It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; $ t3 k1 G M! h0 X( f7 U! i8 ^
而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情;
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It is the freshness of the deep spring of life. & n3 N# V/ X/ z y
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 " i- \- K" C t: N( ^ X! X
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,
' X0 o, H: I2 N7 k) |4 {: R# o' Q# ~青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱,
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of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. 9 |; w# S- W; b! u% d
进去压倒苟安,如此锐气,
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7 A- e) Q; N; ^8 `This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. 4 }1 _5 _0 \3 s) t* ?7 \
二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。
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/ |+ U. V4 [5 f$ }nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. ! f% G% V" N4 m, r. r* u
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 3 Q$ g" u0 O' j6 _0 K, L
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. . c2 a+ q$ o; U, L- k7 _
岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 5 p$ N% ~. S8 Y: z/ u9 G4 R
% d. T7 X. @& [Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
1 P7 w2 ~3 @$ O, M7 g烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。
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Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders,
' q/ Y% F6 x n" G! |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,
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the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living.
! @: P$ n' M/ I" N: m" p孩童般天真久盛不衰。
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In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; : F9 D- N. _0 \5 S
人人心中皆有一台天线,
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so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite,
. F& X; A" T4 F6 M只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号, ) G: H# D( I% Z% @
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so long as you are young. , o) p7 ]) [8 C' h) [
你就青春永驻,风华常存。
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When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,
; P4 j; i$ t5 R. b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, 5 F' Y, D( u3 z% a
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then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up,
7 j: @2 D& z) P* n4 z, s% }几十年方二十,实已垂老矣;
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% w6 h4 N8 T6 s8 C: Q% K: Cto catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
# S' Y, T3 M/ k; o y3 a3 p# y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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