Your children are not your children.

你的孩子，并不是你的孩子。

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子。

They come through you but not from you,

他们借助你来到这个世界，却并非因你而来，

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

他们陪伴你，却并不属于你。

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

你可以给予他们爱，却不能给予他们思想，

For they have their own thoughts.

因为他们有自己的思想。

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

你可以庇护他们的身体，却不能庇护他们的灵魂，

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

因为他们的灵魂属于明天，属于你在梦境中也无法达到的明天。

致孩子 纪伯伦

致孩子纪伯伦