A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
悲伤
Grief
I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.
我想很多人认为我父母的去世是我写这些悲伤歌曲的原因,但事实并非如此。那些歌可能就是我。
I would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded and betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.
我要感谢那些给我带来那些黑暗时刻的人,当我感到最受伤和被背叛的时候。您是我最伟大的老师。
Everyone says, 'You give birth, you go home, and you have this amazing baby and it's just beautiful'. And I walked in and I just started sobbing.
每个人都说,‘你生了孩子,你回家,你有了这个了不起的孩子,它很漂亮。’我走进去,开始哭泣。
In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head.
在我的童年时代,我总是觉得我受到了不公正的对待,没有母亲,生病了,我的头上悬着地狱的惩罚的威胁。
It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.
似乎人们一生中的大部分时间都在相信自己即将死去,唯一的安慰是他们在某一点上是对的。
For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this boy for whatever corner in my heart died when his childhood slid out of my arms.
多年来,我一直在哀悼,并不是为了我的死亡,而是为了这个男孩,当他的童年从我的怀里溜走时,我心中的某个角落死去了。
To hear my mother say, 'Michael is dead,' to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is dead, is nothing that anyone can ever imagine.
听到我母亲说,‘迈克尔死了’,感觉到并听到她声音里的语调说她的孩子死了,这是任何人都无法想象的。
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
悲伤聚集在伟大的灵魂周围,就像风暴聚集在高山周围一样;但是,像他们一样,他们打破了风暴,净化了下面平原的空气。
We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
我们都有很多关于我们悲伤经历的故事——他们和我一起哀悼我妻子的去世——但我们希望孩子们会回来。
No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.
没有人感受别人的悲伤,没有人理解别人的快乐。人们认为他们可以互相联系。事实上,他们只是擦肩而过。
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
在我的生活中,有时我感到非常孤独。其他时候,我得过恶心的传染病。试着在我们的文化中承认这些事情。
I feel the heaviness of nightmares even though I am awake. How weary I am, how sleepless and hopeless—there is no escape from the torment of wishes.
即使我醒着,我也能感觉到噩梦的沉重。我是多么的疲倦,多么的失眠,多么的绝望——没有什么可以逃避愿望的折磨。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
希望的突然破灭会留下一道伤疤,而这道伤疤永远无法被希望的最终实现彻底抹去。
In your emotions: exercise Joy over sadness.
在你的情绪中:用快乐战胜悲伤。
Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.
有时候,悲伤是我们给自己的一种安慰,因为它没有为快乐而努力那么可怕。
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。
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
在悲伤的日子里回忆快乐,是最痛苦的事情。
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
失去朋友就像失去了一条腿;时间可以治愈伤口的痛苦,但失去的却无法弥补。