71.当我走到生命的最后一天

JUN 6, 20192 MIN
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71.当我走到生命的最后一天

JUN 6, 20192 MIN

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<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data-flag="normal">When I think how long I have lived<br />每当我想起自己年高寿长<br />I am struck by life’s injustice:<br />命运的不公让我愕然;<br />Others have lived much less<br />他人的生命何其短暂<br /><img data-key="0" src="http://image.xmcdn.com/group60/M08/A2/DB/wKgLb1zpNr6QJA0kAANLgFfM1qs219.jpg?op_type=4&amp;device_type=ios&amp;upload_type=attachment&amp;name=mobile_large" alt="" data-origin="http://image.xmcdn.com/group60/M08/A2/DB/wKgLb1zpNr6QJA0kAANLgFfM1qs219.jpg?op_type=0" data-large="http://image.xmcdn.com/group60/M08/A2/DB/wKgLb1zpNr6QJA0kAANLgFfM1qs219.jpg?op_type=4&amp;device_type=ios&amp;upload_type=attachment&amp;name=mobile_large" data-large-width="750" data-large-height="1287" data-preview="http://image.xmcdn.com/group60/M08/A2/DB/wKgLb1zpNr6QJA0kAANLgFfM1qs219.jpg?op_type=4&amp;device_type=ios&amp;upload_type=attachment&amp;name=mobile_small" data-preview-width="140" data-preview-height="240" /><br />Some have been given less than an hour of life.<br />一些人在出生短短时间后便告别尘寰。<br />I recall my childhood<br />我想起了我的童年<br />And the various stages of my growth.<br />和生命成长的各个阶段。<br />I have been blessed, indeed, beyond anything<br />我,事实上,受到了绝无仅有的<br />I expected or deserved!<br />我所期望的,和我值得的眷顾!<br />I think of the experiences that life has given me—happy ones that filled my heart,<br />我想起生命赋予我的种种经历—幸福的事儿充满我的心房,<br />Painful ones that helped me grow—<br />痛苦的事儿帮助我成长—<br />Of the discoveries I have made...<br />我思考,那些我的发现…<br />Of the persons I was privileged to meet...<br />那些我有幸遇到的人…<br />And of my talents and abilities,<br />我的才华与能力,<br />Of sight<br />视力,<br />And hearing,<br />听力,<br />Smell and taste and touch<br />嗅觉,味觉和触觉<br />And mind and will and memory<br />思想,意愿和记忆<br />And the limbs and organs of my body.<br />四肢及器官。<br />If I were to die today<br />如果我今天就要离去<br />I should certainly have had more than my fair share of life’s blessings.<br />当然,我已经受到自己不应该有的那份人生眷顾。<br />Whatever else life has in store for me is an added gift<br />不管未来的人数还有什么在等待着我,<br />Quite undeserved.<br />那都是一件额外的礼物。<br />Having accepted this, I make myself aware of the fact<br />我诚惶诚恐甚感不配拥有。<br />That I have another day of life to live and relish.<br />知道这个,我清楚了我要认真生活,体味生命中的另一天<br />I see myself go through the morning,<br />我要看着自己穿过清晨,<br />The afternoon,<br />走过下午,<br />And evening,<br />度过夜晚,<br />And accept my good luck gratefully.<br />感激地接收我的好运气。<br />I think of the person who to me is the dearest<br />我想到了哪个我生命中最重要的人<br />Of all who are alive today,<br />所以至今还健在的人们,<br />Of how he or she has enriched my life.<br />他或她让我的生命更加富丽斑斓。<br />Tomorrow I may lose her...<br />明天也许我就会失去她….<br />Such is life’s fragility.<br />生命就是如此脆弱。<br />And if I did, I should have no cause for complaint.<br />如果我真的失去了她,我也不应该有理由抱怨。<br />I have had her for so long,<br />我已经拥有她太长时间了,<br />God knows I have no right to her for a single hour.<br />上天知道,我无权再据她为己有,哪怕只有一小时。<br />Life has been unjust:<br />人生是不公正的;<br />I think of those who never had<br />我想起那些从未拥有过<br />The riches she has brought me.<br />如她给我带来的财富的人们。<br />I tell her this in fantasy<br />我似在幻梦中告诉她此事<br />And see what happens.<br />等待会发生什么。<br />I now become aware<br />我现在明白了<br />That she is here for yet another day<br />她还会在这儿度过另一天<br />And I am grateful.<br />我感激不尽。<br /></p><hr style="border:0px;margin:20px 0px;background:#ddd;display:inline-block;width:100%;border-style:solid;height:1px;" /><br /><br />