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2013年6月20日

紀伯倫詩集/ 及 先知 - 紀伯倫 (Kahlil Gibran)



紀伯倫(18831931)黎巴嫩詩人,散文家,畫家。188316日生於北部山鄉蔔舍裡,1931410 日卒於美國紐約。12 歲時隨母去美國波士頓貧民區 ,進入僑民學校 。兩年後回國,進貝魯特希克瑪( 睿智 )學校學習阿拉伯文、法文和繪畫 。其間曾創辦《真理》雜誌,態度激進。1908 年發表小說《叛逆的靈魂》,激怒了當局,作品遭到查禁焚毀,本人被逐 ,再次前往美國 。後去法國 ,在巴黎藝術學院學習繪畫和雕塑,曾得到藝術大師羅丹的獎掖。1911年重返波士頓;次年遷往紐約,專門從事文學藝術創作活動。逝世後遺體被運回祖國,在家鄉安葬。

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有錢人認識紀伯倫, 是從他的"鯨魚與蝴蝶"一書開始, 個人認為, 紀伯倫的文章與他寫的故事, 時而簡易, 時而抽象難明, 但當細心品嘗的時候好似領會到一點一滴, 那份微微的鬱澀, 卻帶著一絲絲甘味, 就好像行過了萬千里沙漠的路, 最後找得到了水源般.

尤其是 <先知> 一書, 看著的時候, 實在有說不出的共嗚, 也有很多啟發, 下列就跟大家分享<先知>裡有關孩子的一段:

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(On Children)


And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
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 arrows that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable
(論孩子)

一位懷抱嬰兒的婦女說,請給我們講講孩子。

  他說道:

  你們的孩子並不是你們的孩子。

  他們是生命對自身的渴求的兒女。

  他們借你們而來,卻不是因你們而來。

  儘管他們在你們身邊,卻並不屬於你們。

  你們可以把你們的愛給予他們,卻不能給予思想,

  因爲他們有自己的思想。

  你們可以建造房舍蔭庇他們的身體,但不是他們的心靈,

  因爲他們的心靈棲息於明日之屋,即使在夢中,你們也無緣造訪。

  你們可努力仿效他們,卻不可企圖讓他們像你。

  因爲生命不會倒行,也不會滯留於往昔。

  你們是弓,你們的孩子是被射出的生命的箭矢。

  那射者瞄準無限之旅上的目標,用力將你彎曲,以使他的箭迅捷遠飛。

  讓你欣然在射者的手中彎曲吧;

  因爲他既愛飛馳的箭,也愛穩健的弓。

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看過了, 也更感他的 "先知"能力, 甚麼港孩, 公主病, 直昇機家長.... 只可以說, 多反省, 多反思.

共勉之.


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