小庄推荐的一首诗——《生活的邀请函》

 

    这是小庄很喜欢的一首诗，她推荐来与大家分享，并以此共迎2014年。

    《生活的邀请函》是加拿大当代女诗人Oriah的代表作，作者的代表诗集也以此命名。

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                                作者及其诗集《生活的邀请函》

 

《The Invitation》   Oriah Mountain Dreamer

《生活的邀请函》      Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

 

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

I want to know what you ache for

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

 

我不在乎你如何谋生，

我只想了解你渴望什么，

你是否敢于去梦想实现你心中的憧憬。

 

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool

for love

for your dream

for the adventure of being alive.

 

我不在乎你年方几何，

我只想知道你是否敢于为了爱

为了你的梦想

为了探寻生命的精彩

去痴情地追寻

 

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon.

I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow

if you have been opened by life’s betrayals

or have become shrivelled and closed

from fear of further pain.

 

我不在乎哪些人围绕在你身边，犹如众星捧月，

我只想知道你是否曾触及过你心底的悲伤

生命中的背叛，是否曾在你的心上划开缺口，

或者出于对更多伤害的恐惧

你曾变得消沉

曾经封闭自己

 

I want to know if you can sit with pain

mine or your own

without moving to hide it

or fade it

or fix it.

 

我想知道，你能否真正与伤痛共处

——与我的或者你自己，

而不是去掩饰、淡忘，

或过于在意。

 

I want to know if you can be with joy

mine or your own

if you can dance with wildness

and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes

without cautioning us

to be careful

to be realistic

to remember the limitations of being human.

 

我想知道，你能否真正去享受快乐

——与我的或者你自己，

翩翩起舞，无拘无束，

让激情从指尖到脚趾充满你的身体，

这一刻，

忘记谨小慎微，

忘记现实残酷，

忘记生命的终极。

 

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me

is true.

I want to know if you can

disappoint another

to be true to yourself.

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal

and not betray your own soul.

If you can be faithless

and therefore trustworthy.

 

我不在乎你所讲的故事是否是真实的，

只想知道你能否

即使得罪别人，也要坚持你自己，

即使遭遇背叛的骂名，也恪守自己的灵魂，

为得到真正的信赖而无所畏惧。

 

I want to know if you can see Beauty

even when it is not pretty

every day.

And if you can source your own life

from its presence.

 

我想知道，

你能否从每天平淡的点滴中发现美丽，

能否从生命的平凡之中寻找到她的意义。

 

I want to know if you can live with failure

yours and mine

and still stand at the edge of the lake

and shout to the silver of the full moon,

“Yes.”

 

我想知道，你能否坦然面对失败

——你的或者我的，

即使失败，也能站在湖边，

对着银色的圆月高喊：

“我可以。”

 

It doesn’t interest me

to know where you live or how much money you have.

I want to know if you can get up

after the night of grief and despair

weary and bruised to the bone

and do what needs to be done

to feed the children.

 

我不在乎你住处和你的收入，

我只想知道，当经历了彻夜的悲伤和绝望，

带着疲倦和彻骨之痛的你，

能否依然准时起床，

对你的孩子

尽你的那份责任和心意。

 

 

It doesn’t interest me who you know

or how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand

in the centre of the fire

with me

and not shrink back.

 

我不在乎你认识何人，

为何在此。

我只想知道，生命之火熊熊燃烧时，

你是否敢和我一起，

站在火焰中央，

毫不畏惧。

 

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom

you have studied.

I want to know what sustains you

from the inside

when all else falls away.

 

我不在乎你在哪里

向谁学到过什么，

我只想知道，

当所有一切都消失时，

在你的内心是什么支撑着你。

 

I want to know if you can be alone

with yourself

and if you truly like the company you keep

in the empty moments.

 

我想知道你能否独自面对孤寂，

当只有你的灵魂与你为伴时，

你是否真能做到保持欢喜。