欣赏塞缪尔散文青春（厄尔曼经典短文YOUTH青春）

《YOUTH》

《青春》

Samuel Ullman

塞缪尔·厄尔曼

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind;

青春不是年华，而是心境；

it is not a matter of rosy cheeks

red lips and supple knees;

青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝

而是深沉的意志

it is a matter of the will,

a quality of the imagination,

a vigor of the emotions;

恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；

it is the freshness of

the deep springs of life.

青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

Youth means a tempera-mental

predominance of courage over

timidity of the appetite for adventure

over the love of ease.

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱

进取压倒苟安。

This often exists in a man of

60 more than a boy of 20.

Nobody grows old merely

by a number of years.

如此锐气，二十后生而有之

六旬男子则更多见。

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

年岁有加，并非垂老

理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

Years may wrinkle the skin,

but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；

热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart

and turns the spring back to dust.

忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，

定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

Whether 60 or 16

无论年届花甲拟或二八芳龄

there is in every human being’s heart

the lure of wonder the unfailing childlike

appetite of what’s next

and the joy of the game of living.

心中皆有生命之欢乐，

奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰~

In the center of your heart and

my heart there is a wireless Station

人人心中皆有一台天线

so long as it receives messages of beauty,

hope, cheer、courage and power

from men and from the Infinite

只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、

勇气和力量的信号，

so long are you young.

你就青春永驻，风华常存。

When the aerials are down

一旦天线下降，

and your spirit is covered with snows of

cynicism and the ice of pessimism

锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、

自暴自弃油然而生，

then you are grown old, even at 20,

but as long as

your aerials are up

即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；

to catch waves of optimism,

there is hope you may die

young at 80

然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，

你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

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