纪·哈·纪伯伦(Kahlil Gibran)是美籍黎巴嫩阿拉伯作家。被称为“艺术天才”“黎巴嫩文坛骄子”,是阿拉伯文学的主要奠基人,20世纪阿拉伯新文学道路的开拓者之一。其主要作品有《泪与笑》《先知》《沙与沫》等,蕴含了丰富的社会性和东方精神,不以情节为重,旨在抒发丰富的情感。纪伯伦和鲁迅、泰戈尔一样是近代东方文学走向世界的先驱。
Seven times have Idespised my soul
- The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height. 第一次,当它本可进取时,却故作谦卑;
- The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled. 第二次,当它在空虚时,用爱欲来填充;
- The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy. 第三次,在困难和容易之间,它选择了容易;
- The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong. 第四次,它犯了错,却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己;
- The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength. 第五次,它自由软弱,却把它认为是生命的坚韧;
- The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks. 第六次,当它鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时,却不知那正是自己面具中的一副;
- And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue. 第七次,它侧身于生活的污泥中,虽不甘心,却又畏首畏尾。