【塞缪尔·厄尔曼著】

【王佐良译】

Youth 青春


Youth is not a time of life
青春不是年华

It is a state of mind
而是心境

It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red
lips and supple knees
青春不是桃面，红唇，柔膝

It is a matter of the will
而是深沉的意志

A quality of the imagination
恢弘的想象

A vigor of the emotions
炽热的情感

It is the freshness of the deep spring of life
青春是生命的深泉在涌流

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity
青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱

Of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease
进取压倒苟安，如此锐气

This often exists in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20
二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见

Nobody grows merely by the number of years
年岁有加，并非垂老

We grow old by deserting our ideas
理想丢弃，方堕暮年

Years may wrinkle the skin
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤

But to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul
热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit 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，抑或二八芳龄

There is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders
心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑

The unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of game of living
孩童般天真永盛不衰

In the centre of your heart and my heart
人人心中

There is a wireless station
皆有一台天线

So long as it receives messages of beauty,
只要你从天上人间接受美好

Hope, cheer,courage and power from men and from infinite
希望，欢乐，勇气和力量的信号

So long as you are young
你就青春永驻，风华常存

When the aerials are down
一旦天线倒塌

And your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism
锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭，自暴自弃油然而生

Then you've grown old, even at 20
即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣

But as long as your aerials are up
然则只要竖起天线

To catch waves of optimism
捕捉乐观的信号

There's hope you may die young at 80
你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻

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