雙語美文：每個人都值得被命運恩寵
I wouldn't say
我不能說
I'm particularly rich by societies standards,
依據現有的社會標準，自己是個很富裕的人
but on the front of wealth
但對於另一種財富
measured by experience and valuable lessons,
既，經驗和寶貴的教訓積累的財富上
I would consider myself very wealthy.
我認爲自己十分富有
On another hand
另一方面
I would rather say "grateful".
我應該說自己很感恩
I have almost completely lost interest
對某些事情，我差不多完全失去了興趣
in exploring for what I can see,
比如探索自己眼前的小世界
and I have discovered far more beauty
另一方面，我探索到了更多的美好
lying beneath the surface of the people all around me.
它們就蘊藏在我身邊的人心靈深處
Traveling as I am,
我一直在旅行
staying in each place
每個地方都是短暫停留
for an average of six months
平均只有6個月
has enabled me
這讓我能夠
to not only see the beauty of the place lying on the surface,
不僅看到地表上的風光美景
but also the glories and riches
還能看到榮光和富饒
embedded in the cultures
它們蘊藏在風土文化之中
built by the people dwelling in them.
而風土文化則是棲居在這裏的人們創造的
The call to travel
旅行和探索的召喚
is definitely one that has addressed my heart unignorably.
無意是一種深達我心，無可忽略的想法
But not just for the sights
但並不僅僅是爲了當地風光
and the sounds of what is foreign,
也不是爲了陌生的鄉音
but for the hearts of the people there
而是爲了探索當地人的心靈
and their stories.
探索他們的故事
I would definitely say that
我會篤定地說
these gems
這些瑰寶
-some call nothing MORE than stories-
有些僅僅是稱爲“故事”
are what I find MOST valuable.
是我覺得最爲寶貴的東西
My soft heart leaps from my chest
我柔軟的心臟似乎要從胸腔裏跳出來
with every tale
隨着每個故事
of every real person
每個人
I have had such an amazing opportunity to meet
我能遇到他們，這是多麼奇妙的機緣;
One broken
其中一個講述的是破碎的心
and left out to dry
這顆心被棄置一旁，兀自枯竭
by the man she gave her purest love to,
這是一顆女子的心，拋棄他的是她奉獻出自己最純真的愛的男子
another
還有一個講述的是
recklessly passionate
一個激情澎湃，不顧一切
and inspiringly unstoppable
所向睥睨，十分勵志
in his pursuit for what drives him,
追求自己心之所向的男孩
yet another
還有一個故事
overflowing with wisdom gained by experiences
故事的主角閱歷豐富，充滿智慧
many of us could not even bare the thought
我們中許多人想也不敢想
of encountering ourselves.
自己會遇到那樣的事情
Yet these stories are unknown
可是，這些故事鮮爲人知
and left hidden
被遺棄，被掩沒
beneath the lack of an accepting world.
因爲世界缺少包容之心
Often greeted by disregard and disvalue,
又常被忽略，常被貶損
shunned by society
被社會摒棄
and left to be ignored
被丟在一旁無人問津
for their lack
因爲它們缺少
of conformity to what the masses would call publicly acceptable.
對烏合之衆公認的價值觀的確證
Now uncovered by a willing heart eager to find them,
現在卻有一顆心渴求着發現它們，讓它們重見天日
I call them beautiful.
我覺得它們美極了
However!
然而
I do not disvalue those
對那些人我亦並不小覷
that join the ranks of the disapproving masses!
那些人會投身到輕視故事的大衆之中，但這無關緊要
Instead,
相反
I also find you beautiful.
我認爲你也十分美好
Among you
在你們中間
are some of the most beautiful souls one can find.
有些萬中挑一的最美麗的心靈
I find these stories adrift among
我發現，這些故事會漂流
the angry, the joyful,
從憤然的聲音中，從喜悅的讚美中
the judgmental , the accepted,
從指指點點中，從包容接納之中
the broken, the proud,
從心靈破碎的人中間，從驕傲自豪的人中間
the loved and the hated.
從被愛的人中間，被憎恨的人中間
With every beating heart
隨着傾聽者心臟的搏動
and the legend left by those
隨着那些被人們遺忘的傳說
that beat on with in each of us,
那些傳說同樣在我們每個人心裏跳動
there lies a beauty
那是一種美
that cannot be summed in words,
不能被言辭概括
but by thehumbled eye,
卻能被謙卑的目光接納
beheld.
去看吧。
Behold this beauty for yourself,
爲自己，見證這種美好吧
and I guarantee you,
我向你保證
We ARE the beauty of this world.
我們正是這世間的美好啊
Together, apart,
無論是團聚還是分離
united, divided,
無論團結一心還是相互隔絕
in greatness and awe,
無論你是身份尊貴，受人敬仰
in brokenness and shamed…
還是貧賤卑微，遭受唾棄
YOU…
你，
are the beauty of this world.
就是這世間的美好
YOU are the priceless gems
你，就是無價的珍寶
that make our world worthy.
你讓世界成爲更有價值的地方
YOU,
你
the sum of all that is good
包括你身上所有好的品質
and all that is bad within you
加上你身上所有壞的缺點
that makes you who you are…
他們讓你成爲你自己
YOU are WORTHY.
你值得被命運恩寵
