How do you measure success
爱默生
How do you measure success?
你如何衡量成功？
To laugh often and much;
能经常开心地笑
To win the respect of intelligent people
能赢得智者的尊敬
And affection if children.
和孩子们的喜爱
To earn appreciation of honest critics
能得到诚实的批评家的欣赏
And endure the betrayal of false friends;
能忍受虚伪朋友的背叛
To appreciate beauty;
能欣赏美
To find the best in others;
能在他人身上发现他们最好的一面
To leave the world a bit better;
离开时能让这个世界变得更好一点
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,
不论是通过一个健康的孩子
还是修建了一条花园小路
A redeemed social condition, or a job well done;
抑或是改善了社会条件
还是很好地完成了一项工作
To know even one other life has breathed easier
Because you have lived—
甚至是知道因为你曾经活过
另一个生命能更自由的呼吸
This is to have succeeded
——这就是已经成功了
今晚读到这首英文小诗，颇有感触，深深认同，试着翻译了一下。与朋友们共勉
2020年5月13日夜 晓丹
