A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
悲伤
Grief
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
在痛苦的时刻,当写作是不可能的,阅读是不够的,语法和字典是很好的分散注意力。
I think whenever you lose somebody close to you, there's always a part of you that wishes you could have done something differently.
我认为,每当你失去一个亲近的人,你内心总有一部分希望你能做些不同的事情。
Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found.
唉!我既没有希望,也没有健康,既没有内心的平静,也没有周围的平静,也没有圣人在冥想中发现的超越财富的满足。
Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.
痛苦、恐惧和饥饿都是可以预见和知道的原因造成的后果,但悲伤是别人为我们欠下的债。
They moved so gently, that their footsteps made no noise; but there were sobs from among the group, and sounds of grief and mourning.
他们走得很轻,脚步没有发出一点声音;众人却都哭号,又有悲哀哀号的声音。
Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief.
读者总是坚持冒险,虽然没有冒险就会有悲伤,但没有悲伤就不会有冒险。
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
我从未见过野生动物自怨自艾。一只小鸟会从树枝上冻死,而不会为自己感到难过。
Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die.
从我很小的时候起,我的心里就有一股悲伤的刺痛。只要它还在,我就很讽刺,如果它被拔出来,我就会死。
And yet, amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore!
然而,在这欢乐和喧嚣中,让我们想想那些酣睡在你那狂风暴雨的峭壁旁的人吧,埃尔西诺!
When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.
当痛苦把你打倒的时候,不要傻了,不要闭上眼睛哭泣,你也许正处在最好的位置去看太阳。
Like Shelley and like Baudelaire it may be said of him that he suffered, in his own person, the neurotic ills of an entire generation.
就像雪莱和波德莱尔一样,我们可以说,他自己也经历了整整一代人的神经病。
She developed a persistent troubled frown which gave her the expression of someone who is trying to repair a watch with his gloves on.
她一直愁眉苦脸地皱着眉头,这使她的表情像一个戴着手套要修表的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.
一个名副其实的艺术家的良心就像一种不治之症,给他带来无尽的折磨,但偶尔也会让他充满无言的喜悦。
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
我们在自己周围筑起的阻挡悲伤的墙也阻挡了快乐。
Behind every beautiful thing there's some kind of pain.
每一件美好事物的背后都有某种痛苦。
The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
治愈悲伤的方法是学习一些东西。
Humility rests upon the shores of your sorrows and blossoms upon the mountain of your faith.
谦卑落在你忧患的岸边,盛开在你信心的山上。
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without also protecting yourself from happiness.
你不可能保护自己不悲伤,也不可能保护自己不快乐。