你的孩子，其实不是你的孩子，
他们是生命对于自身渴望而诞生的孩子。
他们通过你来到这世界，却非因你而来，
他们在你身旁，却并不属于你。
你可以给予他们的是你的爱，却不是你的思想，
因为他们有自己的思想。
你可以庇护他们的身体，却不是他们的灵魂，
因为他们的灵魂属于明天，
属于你做梦也无法达到的明天。
你可以拼尽全力，变得像他们一样，
却不要让他们变得和你一样，
因为生命不会倒退，也不在过去停留。
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thought For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their soul For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,But seek not to make them like you,For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
