纪伯伦《我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂》｜涤荡自己的灵魂

代秦玲 第一次，当它本可进取时，却故作谦卑；The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.​​第二次，当它在空虚时，用爱欲来填充；The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.​​第三次，在困难和容易之间，它选择了容易；The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.​​​第四次，它犯了错，却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己；The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.​第五次，它自由软弱，却把它认为是生命的坚韧；The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength. ​第六次，当它鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时，却不知那正是自己面具中的一副；The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.​第七次，它侧身于生活的污泥中，虽不甘心，却又畏首畏尾。And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.​来源: 纪伯伦《我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂》