孩子与你

你的孩子并非真是你的，
他们是生命出於自我渴望生命所生。

他们经你而来，
而非从你而来，
虽然他们与你同在，
却不属於你。

你可以给他们爱，
却不能灌输你的思想，
因为他们有自己的想法。

你们可以给他栖身之处，
却关不住他们的灵魂，
因为他们的灵魂住在明日之屋中，
那是你们作梦也无法造访之境。

摘自纪伯伦《先知》

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.

Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet