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

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

当你取之与我

我感激你的赐予

      ——————鲁思 . 贝本梅尔

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.