
你为生存做些什么,我不关心;
我想知道,你的渴求,你是否敢于梦想,
你内心的渴望。
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
你的年龄有多大,我不关心;
我想知道,为了爱,为了梦想,为了生机勃勃的奇遇,
你是否愿意像傻 一样冒险。
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!
我不关心,是什么磨圆了你的棱角,
我想知道,你是否已触及自己悲哀的中心,
是否因为生活辜负过你而变得豁达,
还是因为害怕更多的痛苦而变得消沉和封闭!
I want to know if you can sit with pain,mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.
我想知道,你是否能面对痛苦——我的或者你自己的,
而不是去掩饰,使其消退或使其凝固。
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic,to remember the limitations of being human.
我想知道,你是否能安享快乐——我的或者你自己的,
你是否能充满野性地舞蹈,让狂喜注满你的指尖和足尖,
而不告诫我们要小心 、要现实、要记住人的存在的局限。
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trust worthy.
我并不关心你告诉我的故事是否真实,
我想知道,你是否能为了真实地对待自己而不怕别人失望,
你是否能承受背叛的指责而不出卖自己的灵魂。
我想知道,你是否能忠心耿耿从而值得信赖;
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty,every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.
我想知道,你是否能保有赤心领略美,
——即使每天的生活并不舒心,
你是否因为生命的存在而追溯生命的起源。
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
我想知道,你是否愿意接受你我的失败,却依然站在湖边,对着银色的满月大声喊一声“真美”!
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money youhave. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
我并不关心你栖身何处或者你拥有多少金钱,
我想知道,在一夜伤心和绝望、一身疲惫和伤痕之后,
你能否照样起床,履行应尽的义务,养育待哺的孩子。
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
我并不关心你有何背景,何以成为现在的你,你是如何来到这里,
我想知道,你是否会同我一起,站在烈火永不退缩。
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.
我并不关心你在哪里受到教育、你学了什么或者你同谁一起学习,
我想知道,当一切都背弃了你时,是什么在内心支撑着你。
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
我想知道,你是否能够独自地面对你自己,
在空寂的时候,你是否真正喜欢你结交的朋友。
