卡里‧紀伯倫(Kahlil Gibran)《先知(The Prophet)》
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你們的孩子,並不是真的是你們的,乃是生命為其本身所渴望而降臨的。
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
他們是憑藉你們而來,卻不是從你們而來,他們雖和你們同在,卻不屬於你們。
They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
你們可以給他們以愛,卻不可以給他們以思想。因為他們有自己的思想。
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.
你們可以庇蔭他們的身體,卻不能庇蔭他們的靈魂,因為他們的靈魂,是住在明日之屋,那是你們夢中也不能探訪的。
You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of to-morrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.