Tag: 纪伯伦

几个月前偶尔读到 Kahlil Gibran (纪伯伦）的这首小诗：

Your Children are not Your Children
by Kahlil Gibran

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.

每次重读，还是百感交集，无可言说。“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. “

周末带Shirley 和Brian 去海边, 看他们在沙滩上建他们的王国。久久无语。