先知(英漢對照版)（簡體書）

作者：（黎巴嫩）紀伯倫（Gibran K.） 譯者：愛達

紀伯倫（Gibran K.），誕生于1883年。他的一生顛沛流離，經受了親人早逝、祖國放逐的切膚之痛，飽嘗債務纏身與疾病煎熬之苦，48歲即英年早逝。這位孤獨了一生的智者似乎從未獲得上蒼的青睞，然而他卻視殘酷現實為飛翔的天空，奉愛與美為生命的雙翼，他的作品被譽為僅次于《—千零一夜》的阿拉伯文學第二大經典圖書，深為各國讀者所鐘愛，先后被譯成二十多種文字在世界各地出版。

《中學生必讀詩歌經典:先知(英漢對照版)》編輯推薦：歐美評論家將這部洋溢著濃厚的神秘主義和浪漫主義氣息的詩作與泰戈爾的《吉檀迦利》相提并論，稱《中學生必讀詩歌經典:先知(英漢對照版)》為東方最美妙的聲音。著名的《芝加哥郵報》評論說：“如果一個男人或者女人讀了它，不能安靜地接受一位偉人的哲學，那么，這個男人或者女人，就生命和真理而言，確已死亡。”

THE COMING OF THE SHIP
船來了
ON LOVE
關于愛
ON MARRIAGE
關于婚姻
ON CHILDREN
關于孩子
ON GIVING
關于施舍
ON EATING AND DRINKING
關于飲食
ON WORK
關于工作
ON JOY AND SORROW
關于喜與悲
ON HOUSES
關于房屋
ON CLOTHES
關于衣服
ON BUYING AND SELLING
關于買賣
ON CRIME A ND PUNISHMENT
關于罪與罰
ON LAWS
關于法律
ON FREEDOM
關于自由
ON REASHON AND PASSION
關于理性與激情
ON PAIN
關于痛苦
ON SELF-KNOW LEDGE
關于自知
ON TEACHING
關于教育
ON FRIENDSHIP
關于友誼
ON TALKING
關于談話
ON TIME
關于時間
ON GOOD AND EVIL
關于善與惡
ON PRAYER
關于祈禱
ON PLEASURE
關于歡樂
ON BEAUTY
關于美
ON RELIGION
關于宗教
ON DEATH
關于死亡
THE FAREWELL
辭別

除了欲求本身，欲求還有何可懼？
你們在井水盈溢的時候還畏懼口渴，那你們的口渴豈非難以抑制？
有些人擁有無數，卻吝于施舍——他們的施舍僅為了名利，那潛隱的欲求使得其饋贈難臻完美之地。
有些人擁有無多，卻盡舍其所有。
他們篤信生命和生命的充實，因而其錢柜永不會空置。
有些人施舍時欣然，這欣然即為其酬報。
有些人施舍時痛惜，這痛惜便為其洗禮。
有些人施舍時無悲無喜，亦非為張揚善德；
他們的施舍，宛如遠山幽谷中的香桃木，淡雅的馨香飄散于天際。
上帝借由他們的雙手傳播福音，借由他們的雙眼播撒微笑。
在人求乞時施舍固然不錯，而未被求施即通過體悟去布施則更趨佳境；
對樂善好施者而言，尋到樂于受施者，要比施舍本身更令人欣喜。
And is there aught you would with hold？
All you have shall some day be given;
Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors'.
You often say, ""I would give, but only to the deserv—ing.""
The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to per—ish.
Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and hisnights is worthy of all else from you.
And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.
And what desert greater shall there be than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of re—ceiving？
And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed？
See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.
For in truth it is life that gives unto life——while you,who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.
And you receivers —— and you are all receivers——as—sume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon your—self and upon him who gives.
Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings ;
For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his gen—erosity who has the free—hearted earth for mother, and God for father.