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　　A Grain of Sand

　　一粒沙子

　　William Blake

　　To see a world in a grain of sand,

　　And a heaven in a wild fllower,

　　Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

　　And eternity in an hour.

　　从一粒沙子看到一个世界，

　　从一朵野花看到一个天堂，

　　将无限把握在你手中，

　　让永恒消融于一个时辰。

　　Love Your Life

　　热爱生活

　　Henry David Thoreau

　　However mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.Love your life,poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.Most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.Cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,Turn the old,return to them.Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

　　不论你的生活如何卑微，你要面对它生活，不要躲避它，更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活，尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里，你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上，像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮；在那门前，积雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一个从容的人，在哪里也像在皇宫中一样，生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大，所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的，不*城镇来支援他们；可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活，他们是毫不超脱的，毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧！不要找新的花样，无论是新的朋友或新的衣服，来麻烦你自己。找旧的，回到那里去。万物不变，是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉，但要保留你的思想。

　

　　

stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall
there with a sign.
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。
秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。


the world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.
it becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。
它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。


it is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.
是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢



the mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who
shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。


if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。

the sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing
water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?
跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟
瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？




her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.
她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。


once we dreamt that we were strangers.
we wake up to find that we were dear to each other.
有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。
我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的
【编辑：chen】

GGumpUID: 119501

I would like to add two quotations..hehe

"Idle boast the strong pass is a wall of iron, with firm strides, we are crossing its summit."
------from Chairman Mao. "雄关漫道真如铁,而今迈步从头越"

The other is from Qu Yuan.
"My journey is long and winding, and I will keep on exploiting my way far and wide."
"路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索"
^_^

angeikimUID: 4857

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

　　And eternity in an hour.
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i like this one... mich gefaelt das... :p

seedUID: 158349

However mean your life is , you must face it and live it ,even not do shut it and call it hard name.
I like the sentence very much. Perfect.