谈婚姻 （英诗中译） Khalil Gibran - On Marriage

谈婚姻

纪伯伦

翻译 叶子 2014年7月27日

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

命中注定，
你们会相守朝夕！

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.

即便阴阳两隔， 

灵也不分离，

伉俪！

Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

啊，就算祷告屏息，

心也在一起，

伉俪！

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,

相守，在一起，不分离……

只别忘记，

彼此留些空隙，

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. 

让天籁在其间翩跹迤逦。

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:

爱恋，绝不绑缚：

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

浪涌心海，波涛拍堤。

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

琼浆斟满彼此酒杯，不在同一杯中迷离； 

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf

面包送予伴侣，不用同一块充饥。

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

曼舞轻歌共欢愉，莫失却寒秋独立。

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. 

嘈嘈切切错杂弹，奏得是一支曲。

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

交心，不可越逾
为对方留出一隅，

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

生命是把真情捧在手心儿里；

And stand together yet not too near together:

并肩，别挨得过密

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

你瞧，庙宇的柱子，皆是分屹；

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

橡树和柏树都会有自己的脾气，

不在彼此的阴影中

享春华，沐秋雨。