勇气 - Courage D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930)

"勇气" - "Courage"

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930)

 

人类之天生弱点，

就是对谎言的容忍。

 

如果人们有勇气，

就是拒绝谎言，

发掘内心真正的感受和愿望，

且付诸于行。

 

如此，人类得以

从历史的每一次经历，

荟萃出精华的元素，

容之生长如秋天的松榛，

直至甘甜和饱满。

 

如此，生活在老人间的

年轻一代，如若处身于九月的

松榛林里，蓄浆并成核

积累酝酿出，

松榛成熟的蜜玥。

 

然而，如今那些老一辈留下的，

是被谎言腐蚀了的，

酸涩，苦辣的毒果。

 

英文原文:
"Courage"
D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930)

What makes people unsatisfied
is that they accept lies.

If people had courage, 
and refused lies and found out 
what they really felt and really meant
and acted on it,

They would distil the essential oil 
out of every experience
and like hazel-nuts in autumn, 
at last be sweet and sound.

And the young among the old
would be as in the hazel-woods of September
nutting, gathering nuts of ripe experience.

As it is, all that the old can offer
is sour, bitter fruits, cankered by lies.