你取之于我

是我得到的最好的礼物，

当你知道我因施与你而快乐。

你明白，我的给予不是让你欠我的人情，

而是因为我想活出对你的爱。

欣然的接受，

或许是最佳的赏赐。

我无法将二者分开。

当你施与我，我给你我的接纳。

当你取之于我，我感激你的赐予。”

——鲁思·贝本梅尔唱片集《获赠》（1978）中的《获赠》一歌

Given To,

by Ruth Bebermeyer

I never feel more given to

than when you take from me –

when you understand the joy I feel

giving to you.

And you know my giving isn’t done

to put you in my debt,

but because I want to live the love

I feel for you.

To receive with grace

may be the greatest giving.

There’s no way I can separate

the two.

When you give to me,

I give you my receiving.

When you take from me, I feel so

given to.